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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 Dicksonburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dicksonburg 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 Dicksonburg:
- 41.705037, -80.352299
- 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 Dicksonburg
- 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 Dicksonburg is near Ashtabula County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Dicksonburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dicksonburg ...
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.
- Beaver Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Center
- Center Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Center Road is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
- Coons Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dennys Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
- Linesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Littles Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
- Meadville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
- Shadeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shadeland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring
How Far From Dicksonburg 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 Dicksonburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dicksonburg and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dicksonburg to Meadville, with an average speed<3> 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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 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 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dicksonburg) 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 Dicksonburg 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 Dicksonburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7050, Longitude: -80.3523 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.739 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.969 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.12 degrees. |
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