Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dowley Corners:
  • 41.948945, -80.264783
  • 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 Dowley 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
  • Since Dowley Corners is near Crawford County and also Ashtabula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Dowley Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dowley 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.

• Branchville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Branchville is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
• Cranesville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cranesville is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cranesville <1>
• Cross
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cross is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
• Fairplain
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Fairplain is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplain
• Francis
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Francis is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
• Kidders Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Kidders Corner is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders Corner
• Lake City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake City is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
• Little Elk
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Little Elk is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
• Pageville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pageville is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageville
• Paperville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Paperville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paperville

How Far From Dowley Corners 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 Dowley 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 Dowley Corners and extending to:

• Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dowley Corners to Erie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 210 miles [338 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 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 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,498 miles [7,238.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'