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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 Hermit Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hermit Spring 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 Hermit Spring:
- 41.678383, -79.183971
- 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 Hermit Spring
- 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 Hermit Spring is near Forest County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Hermit Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hermit Spring ...
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.
- Balltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blue Jay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blue Jay is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Hearts Content
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hearts Content is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Content
- Henrys Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hoover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lynch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Magee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Magee is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Mayburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayburg is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayburg
- Milltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Minister
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minister is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minister
- Queen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Queen is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Truemans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Truemans is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truemans
- Whig Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whig Hill is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
- Yellow Hammer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Hammer is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Hammer
How Far From Hermit Spring 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 Hermit Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hermit Spring and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hermit Spring to Warren, with an average speed<2> 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 153 miles [246.2 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 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hermit Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hermit Spring 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 Hermit Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6784, Longitude: -79.1840 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.009 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.139 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.585 degrees. |
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