RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Pennsylvania >> Mercer County >> Jackson Center >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Pennsylvania

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania





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.

  • Weather ...
  • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jackson Center
  • 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 Jackson Center ...

We found three communities that share the name Jackson Center.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Jackson Center.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booher Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Corners
    • Booher Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Bowie
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
    • Bowie is located in Mercer County
  • Centertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
    • Centertown is located in Mercer County
  • Coolspring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
    • Coolspring is located in Mercer County
  • Delaware Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Grove
    • Delaware Grove is located in Mercer County
  • Filer Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Filer Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer Corners
    • Filer Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Five Points
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Mercer County
  • Hope Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mills
    • Hope Mills is located in Mercer County
  • Irishtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irishtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
    • Irishtown is located in Mercer County
  • London
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • London is located in Mercer County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Venango County
  • Perrys Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
    • Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Reeds Furnace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Furnace
    • Reeds Furnace is located in Mercer County
  • 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 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jackson Center. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mercer County: www.mcc.co.mercer.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Jackson Center) to Point B.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).
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Jackson Center 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 309.631 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.78 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.182 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024