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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cowansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cowansville and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Cowansville:
- 40.888621, -79.588680
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Cowansville
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Cowansville is near Clarion County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Cowansville
Communities Also Named Cowansville ...
We found one communities that are also named Cowansville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cowansville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Cowansville in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Cowansville lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cowansville that is located in Armstrong County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cowansville ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Craigsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craigsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
- Frenchs Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Furnace Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Run is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Run
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hooks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hooks is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
- Shadyside Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walkchalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wick City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Cowansville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cowansville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cowansville and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Cowansville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,917 miles [9,522.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cowansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <3> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Cowansville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cowansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8886, Longitude: -79.5887 In this case, the coordinates for Cowansville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.311 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.358 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.074 degrees. |
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