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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 Jackson Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jackson 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 Jackson Center:
- 41.272875, -80.139016
- 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 Jackson 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Jackson Center is near Venango County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Jackson Center
Communities Also Named Jackson Center ...
We found three communities that are also named Jackson Center.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Jackson Center.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Tioga County
- This Jackson Center is located in Tioga County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jackson Center that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Jackson Center.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Mahoning 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 Ohio community of Jackson Center [Mahoning County].
- Shelby County
- This Jackson Center is located in Shelby County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jackson Center that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Jackson Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson 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.
- Booher Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Booher Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Corners
- Bowie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bowie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Centertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centertown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Coolspring
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Delaware Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delaware Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Grove
- Filer Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Filer Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer Corners
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hope Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mills
- Irishtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Irishtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- London is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Perrys Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Furnace is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Furnace
- Sandy Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Jackson 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 Jackson Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jackson Center and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Jackson Center to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Jackson Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Jackson 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Jackson 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 Jackson Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2729, Longitude: -80.1390 In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.631 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.78 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.182 degrees. |
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