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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 Ice Mine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ice Mine 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 Ice Mine:
- 41.752844, -77.951946
- 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 Ice Mine
- 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 Ice Mine is near McKean County and also Cameron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron 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 Ice Mine
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ice Mine ...
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.
- Burrows
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burrows is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Coneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coneville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coneville
- Fox Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Gold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gold is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Inez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Lewis Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Raymond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Roulette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Sweden Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
- Telescope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Telescope is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
How Far From Ice Mine 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 Ice Mine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ice Mine and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Ice Mine to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Ice Mine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ice Mine 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 Ice Mine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7528, Longitude: -77.9519 In this case, the coordinates for Ice Mine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.238 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.278 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.986 degrees. |
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