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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 Lawn View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lawn View 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 Lawn View:
- 41.536730, -78.301401
- 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 Lawn View
- 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 Cameron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron County
- Since Lawn View is near McKean County and also Elk 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 Elk 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 Lawn View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawn View ...
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.
- Dents Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dents Run is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dents Run
- Emporium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Grant is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Hicks Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hicks Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Run
- Howard Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Howard Siding is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Siding
- Keating Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keating Summit is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating Summit
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Rich Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rich Valley is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Valley
- Straight Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Straight Creek is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
How Far From Lawn View 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 Lawn View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lawn View and extending to:
- Emporium, which is the Seat of Cameron County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Lawn View 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 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,431 miles [7,131 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawn View) 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 Lawn View 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 Lawn View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5367, Longitude: -78.3014 In this case, the coordinates for Lawn View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.471 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.508 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.234 degrees. |
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