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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 Hawthorn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawthorn 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 Hawthorn:
- 41.021177, -79.279762
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hawthorn
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hawthorn ...
We found five communities that share the name Hawthorn.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hawthorn is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Washington County
- This Hawthorn is located in Washington County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hawthorn that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hawthorn.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hawthorn [Cook County].
- White County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hawthorn [White County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Hawthorn is located in Howard County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hawthorn that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Hawthorn.
- Michigan
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hawthorn [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawthorn ...
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.
- Climax
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Climax is located in Armstrong County
- Cottage Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Cottage Hill is located in Clarion County
- Crates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crates. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
- Crates is located in Clarion County
- Distant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Distant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Distant
- Distant is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Distant <5>
- Frogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Frogtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Frogtown is located in Clarion County
- Frostburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frostburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Frostburg is located in Clarion County
- Heathville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heathville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathville
- Heathville is located in Jefferson County
- Kingsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Limestone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
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- Mayport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayport
- Mayport is located in Clarion County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayport <5>
- Pansy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rockville is located in Clarion County
- Spaces Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spaces Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaces Corners
- Spaces Corners is located in Clarion County
- Squirrel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
- Squirrel Hill is located in Clarion County
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunrise is located in Jefferson County
How Far From Hawthorn 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 Hawthorn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hawthorn and extending to:
- Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hawthorn to Clarion, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,899 miles [9,493.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,493 miles [7,230.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hawthorn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hawthorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0212, Longitude: -79.2798 In this case, the coordinates for Hawthorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hawthorn 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hawthorn to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.112 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.153 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.883 degrees. |
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