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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 Johnsonburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnsonburg 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 Johnsonburg:
- 41.490128, -78.674655
- 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 Johnsonburg
- 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 Elk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
- Since Johnsonburg 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 Johnsonburg
Communities Also Named Johnsonburg ...
We found four communities that are also named Johnsonburg.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Johnsonburg.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Indiana County
- This Johnsonburg is located in Indiana County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Johnsonburg that is located in Elk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Johnsonburg.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Chippewa 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 Michigan community of Johnsonburg [Chippewa County].
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- This Johnsonburg is located in Warren County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the east of the Johnsonburg that is located in Elk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Johnsonburg.
- New York
- Wyoming County
- This Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Johnsonburg that is located in Elk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Johnsonburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsonburg ...
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.
- Boot Jack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boot Jack is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boot Jack
- Brandy Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brandy Camp is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Camp
- Coal Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coal Hollow is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Earlyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Earlyville is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlyville
- Glen Hazel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Hazel is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hazel
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Lynchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchville is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchville
- Owls Nest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Owls Nest is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
- Sergeant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sergeant is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeant
- Squab Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Squab Hollow is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squab Hollow
- Threemile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Threemile is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile
- Whistletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Johnsonburg 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 Johnsonburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsonburg and extending to:
- Ridgway, which is the Seat of Elk County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Johnsonburg 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 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 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsonburg) 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 Johnsonburg 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 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 Johnsonburg 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 Johnsonburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4901, Longitude: -78.6747 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.706 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.766 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.424 degrees. |
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