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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 Fassett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fassett 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 Fassett:
- 41.987030, -76.773814
- 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 Fassett
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Fassett is near Chemung County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 Fassett
Communities Also Named Fassett ...
We found one communities that are also named Fassett.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Fassett is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Fassett in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- This Fassett lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fassett that is located in Bradford County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fassett ...
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.
- Big Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Checkerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Checkerville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerville
- Golden Glow Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Glow Heights is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glow Heights
- Huffs Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huffs Corner is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Corner
- Jobs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
- Mosherville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mosherville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Orchard Knoll
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Orchard Knoll is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knoll
- Pine City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sagetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Fassett 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 Fassett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fassett and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fassett to Towanda, 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 117 miles [188.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fassett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fassett 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 Fassett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9870, Longitude: -76.7738 In this case, the coordinates for Fassett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.491 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.345 degrees. |
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