Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Custards, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Custards and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Custards

• 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 Custards:
  • 41.530331, -80.159228
  • 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 Custards

• 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Since Custards is near Mercer County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Custards

Curious and Interesting Names Near Custards ...

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.

• Dennys Corners
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
• Five Points
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Five Points is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Fountain House Corners
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Fountain House Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain House Corners
• Fredericksburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
• Frenchtown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
• Geneva
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Geneva is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
• Guys Mills
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Guys Mills is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guys Mills <1>
• Hartstown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hartstown is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
• Leechs Corners
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
• Meadville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Meadville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadville <1>
• Mount Hope
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Hope is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Porters Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Porters Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corners
• Stony Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Stony Point is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point

How Far From Custards to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Custards to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Custards and extending to:

• Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the North.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Custards to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 245 miles [394.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,912 miles [9,514.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,510 miles [7,258.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'