Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lantz Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lantz Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lantz Corners

• 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 Lantz Corners:
  • 41.708395, -78.693361
  • 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 Lantz Corners

• 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 McKean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
  • Since Lantz Corners is near Elk County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Lantz Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lantz Corners ...

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.

• Big Shanty
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Big Shanty is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty
• Coontown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coontown is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
• Cyclone
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cyclone is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
• Freeman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Freeman is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
• Irishtown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Irishtown is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
• James City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • James City is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for James City <1>
• Jo Jo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jo Jo is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jo Jo
• Kane
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kane is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,421 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kane <1>
• Marshburg
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Marshburg is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshburg
• Marvindale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Marvindale is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvindale
• Sergeant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sergeant is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeant
• Tallyho
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Tallyho is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho

How Far From Lantz Corners 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 Lantz Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lantz Corners and extending to:

• Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lantz Corners to Smethport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,441 miles [7,147.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'