Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Custer City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Custer City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Custer City
- 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 Custer City:
- 41.905896, -78.651694
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Custer City
- 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 McKean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Since Custer City is near Cattaraugus County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- eBird sighting report for Warren 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Custer City ...
We found three communities that share the name Custer City.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Custer City is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Custer County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Custer County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Custer City.
- Oklahoma
- Custer County
- This Custer City is located in Custer County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Custer City that is located in McKean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Custer City.
- Texas
- Cooke County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Custer City [Cooke County].
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Custer City ...
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.
- Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Bells Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bells Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Camp
- Bells Camp is located in McKean County
- Big Shanty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Big Shanty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty
- Big Shanty is located in McKean County
- Cyclone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Howard
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Irishtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Lewis Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Run
- Lewis Run is located in McKean County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis Run <5>
- Marshburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Red Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Tuna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Wolf Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Custer City 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 Custer City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Custer City and extending to:
- Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Custer City to Smethport, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,432 miles [7,132.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Custer City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Custer City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Custer City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Custer City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9059, Longitude: -78.6517 In this case, the coordinates for Custer City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Custer City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.661 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.78 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.248 degrees. |