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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 Cranberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cranberry 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 Cranberry:
- 41.349701, -79.711317
- 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 Cranberry
- 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Since Cranberry 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 Cranberry
Communities Also Named Cranberry ...
We found ten communities that are also named Cranberry.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Cranberry.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Luzerne County
- This Cranberry is located in Luzerne County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Cranberry.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Cranberry lies 2,207 miles [3,551.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Cranberry is located in Carroll County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cranberry.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cranberry [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Avery County
- This Cranberry is located in Avery County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Cranberry.
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cranberry [Mitchell County].
- Ohio
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cranberry [Allen County].
- Ontario
- This Cranberry lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the north of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- Quebec
- This Cranberry lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Cranberry is located in Raleigh County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cranberry that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Cranberry.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cranberry ...
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.
- Ajax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ajax is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Coal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Egypt Corners is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Corners
- Hill City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Maple Shade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Shade is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
- Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rose Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Gardens is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Gardens
- Stanleys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanleys Corner is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleys Corner
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Victory Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Victory Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
How Far From Cranberry to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cranberry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cranberry and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Cranberry to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,499 miles [7,240.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cranberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Cranberry could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cranberry 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 Cranberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3497, Longitude: -79.7113 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.359 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.484 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.956 degrees. |
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