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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 Hebron Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hebron Center 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 Hebron Center:
- 41.878677, -78.018060
- 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 Hebron Center
- 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 Hebron Center is near Allegany County and also McKean 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 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 Hebron Center
Communities Also Named Hebron Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Hebron Center.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hebron Center is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Hebron Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hebron Center [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hebron Center ...
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.
- Clara
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clara is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Coneville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coneville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coneville
- Eleven Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Gold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gold is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Ice Mine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ice Mine is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Mine
- Inez
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Lewis Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Raymond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Roulette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shinglehouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sweden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Sweden Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
How Far From Hebron Center to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hebron Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hebron Center and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Hebron Center to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,811 miles [9,351.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hebron Center 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hebron Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hebron Center 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 Hebron Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8787, Longitude: -78.0181 In this case, the coordinates for Hebron Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.333 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.965 degrees. |
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