Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Gowango, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gowango and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Gowango

• 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 Gowango:
  • 41.932283, -78.929205
  • 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 Gowango

• 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 Gowango is near Cattaraugus County and also McKean 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 McKean 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 Gowango

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gowango ...

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.

• Backup Corners
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Backup Corners is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
• Cable Hollow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cable Hollow is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Hollow
• Cold Spring
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Cornplanter ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cornplanter is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornplanter
• Dodge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dodge is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
• Elijah
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Elijah is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
• Hemlock
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hemlock is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
• Marshburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshburg is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshburg
• Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
  • Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
  • Tunesassa
• Rogertown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rogertown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogertown
• Sugar Run ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sugar Run is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run

How Far From Gowango 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 Gowango to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Gowango once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gowango and extending to:

• Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gowango to Warren, with an average speed<3> 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 155 miles [249.4 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 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'