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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 Golinza, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golinza 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 Golinza:
- 41.439785, -79.328655
- 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 Golinza
- 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 Forest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
- Since Golinza is near Clarion County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango 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 Golinza
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golinza ...
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.
- Cooksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Crystal Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crystal Springs is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Dawson Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson Run is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Run
- Fryburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hunter is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Leeper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lickingville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lickingville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickingville
- Little Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Hickory is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hickory
- Marble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nebraska
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nebraska is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Roses
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Scotch Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scotch Hill is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hill
- Turkey Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Ridge is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge
- Whig Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whig Hill is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
- Wolfs Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
How Far From Golinza 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 Golinza to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Golinza and extending to:
- Tionesta, which is the Seat of Forest County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Golinza to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,883 miles [9,467.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Golinza) 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 Golinza 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 Golinza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4398, Longitude: -79.3287 In this case, the coordinates for Golinza have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.222 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.745 degrees. |
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