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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 Delamater Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delamater Corners and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Delamater Corners:
    • 41.698945, -80.002000
    • 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 Delamater Corners
  • 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 Delamater Corners is near Venango County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Delamater Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delamater Corners ...

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.

  • Fountain House Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fredericksburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Frenchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
  • Guys Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Little Cooley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Cooley is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cooley
  • Meadville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hope is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Rootville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rootville is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
  • Townville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Townville is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people

How Far From Delamater Corners 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 Delamater Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Delamater Corners 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 248 miles [399.1 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 5,898 miles [9,491.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,497 miles [7,237.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Delamater Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Delamater Corners 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 Delamater Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6989, Longitude: -80.0020       In this case, the coordinates for Delamater Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.52 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.72 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.958 degrees.