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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 Duke Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duke Center 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 Duke Center:
- 41.953355, -78.481072
- 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 Duke Center
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Since Duke Center is near Cattaraugus County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Duke Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Duke Center ...
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.
- Bells Camp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bells Camp is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Camp
- Four Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haymaker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haymaker is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymaker
- Indian Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Crossing is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
- Knapp Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Knapp Creek is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Creek
- Red Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Rock is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Rock City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rock City is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Walkertown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walkertown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
How Far From Duke Center 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 Duke Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Duke Center and extending to:
- Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Duke Center to Smethport, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 142 miles [228.5 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 8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Duke Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Duke Center 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 Duke Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9534, Longitude: -78.4811 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.551 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.664 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.15 degrees. |
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