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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 Eldred Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eldred 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 Eldred Center:
- 41.745337, -79.556162
- 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 Eldred 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Eldred Center is near Crawford County and also Forest 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 Forest 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 Eldred Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eldred 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.
- Dotyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fiddlergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fiddlergreen is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlergreen
- Grand Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grand Valley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
- Hatchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchtown
- Horn Siding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Siding is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Siding
- Spring Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Torpedo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Torpedo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
- Triumph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Triumph is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
How Far From Eldred 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 Eldred Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eldred Center and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eldred Center to Warren, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 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 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,476 miles [7,203.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eldred Center) 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 Eldred 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 Eldred Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7453, Longitude: -79.5562 In this case, the coordinates for Eldred Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.237 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.733 degrees. |
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