Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Henderson Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Henderson Station and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Henderson Station
- 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 Henderson Station:
- 41.294742, -79.992447
- 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 Henderson Station
- 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Since Henderson Station is near Mercer County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- eBird sighting report for Butler 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Henderson Station ...
We found one communities that share the name Henderson Station.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Henderson Station is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Henderson Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Ford 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 Illinois community of Henderson Station [Ford County].
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Henderson Station ...
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.
- Booher Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booher Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Corners
- Booher Corners is located in Mercer County
- Bowie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Centertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Centertown is located in Mercer County
- Filer Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Filer Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer Corners
- Filer Corners is located in Mercer County
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Venango County
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Venango County
- Nectarine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Pearl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Pecan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Polk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Reeds Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Furnace
- Reeds Furnace is located in Mercer County
- Sandy Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lake
- Sandy Lake is located in Mercer County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Lake <3>
How Far From Henderson Station 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 Henderson Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Henderson Station and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Henderson Station to Franklin, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,513 miles [7,263 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Henderson Station. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Venango County: www.co.venango.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 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 Henderson Station 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Henderson Station) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Henderson Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2947, Longitude: -79.9924 |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Henderson Station to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.538 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.678 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.107 degrees. |