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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 Gold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gold 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 Gold:
- 41.871980, -77.837712
- 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 Gold
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since Gold is near Allegany County and also Steuben County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben 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 Gold
Communities Also Named Gold ...
We found five communities that are also named Gold.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Gold is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
- Lincoln County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Gold.
- North Carolina
- Burke County
- This Gold is located in Burke County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Gold that is located in Potter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Gold.
- Texas
- Gillespie County
- Although located in Gillespie County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gillespie County community of Gold.
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Gold is located in Davis County and lies 1,753 miles [2,821.2 km]<2> to the west of the Gold that is located in Potter County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Gold.
- Wyoming
- Carbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Gold [Carbon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gold ...
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.
- Coneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eleven Mile
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Elmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fox Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hebron Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Hector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ice Mine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ice Mine is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Mine
- Lewis Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Raymond
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Spring Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Mills is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Sweden Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Telescope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Telescope is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
How Far From Gold 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 Gold to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gold and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gold to Coudersport, with an average speed<4> 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 209 miles [336.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Gold) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Gold could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gold 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 Gold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8720, Longitude: -77.8377 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.158 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.206 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.884 degrees. |
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