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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 Karns City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Karns City 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 Karns City:
- 40.994097, -79.726213
- 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 Karns City
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Karns City is near Armstrong County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Karns City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Karns City ...
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.
- Bradys Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Byers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Byers Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Corner
- Dutch Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Hill is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eldorado is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Frogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frogtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Haysville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Haysville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hooker
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
- Peaceful Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Queenstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sarah Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
- Troutman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Troutman is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutman
How Far From Karns City 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 Karns City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Karns City and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Karns City to Butler, 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 203 miles [326.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,918 miles [9,524.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,513 miles [7,263 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Karns City) 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 Karns City 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 Karns City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9941, Longitude: -79.7262 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.39 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.464 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.097 degrees. |
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