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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 Keepville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keepville 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 Keepville:
- 41.868333, -80.395358
- 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 Keepville
- 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Since Keepville is near Crawford County and also Ashtabula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Keepville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keepville ...
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.
- Beaver Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Center
- Center Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Center Corner is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Corner
- Cherry Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kidders Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kidders Corner is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders Corner
- Pageville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pageville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageville
- Paperville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paperville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paperville
- Shadeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shadeland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
- Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring
How Far From Keepville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Keepville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Keepville and extending to:
- Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Keepville to Erie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,631 miles [10,671.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 '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- Keepville) 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 Keepville 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 Keepville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8683, Longitude: -80.3954 In this case, the coordinates for Keepville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.757 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.014 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.079 degrees. |
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