RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Warren County >> Magee >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Magee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Magee 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 Magee:
    • 41.701727, -79.356158
    • 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 Magee
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Magee is near Forest County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango 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 Magee

Communities Also Named Magee ...

We found eight communities that are also named Magee.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Magee is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Adams County
      • This Magee is located in Adams County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the west of the Magee that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Magee.
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Magee is located in LaPorte County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the west of the Magee that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Magee.
    • Louisiana
      • Washington Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Magee [Washington Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Simpson County
      • This Magee is located in Simpson County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Magee that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Magee.
    • Nevada
      • Churchill County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Churchill County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Magee.
    • New York
      • Seneca County
      • This Magee is located in Seneca County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Magee that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Magee.
    • Oklahoma
      • Magee #
      • This community is historic<3> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Magee.
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • This Magee is located in Culpeper County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Magee that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Magee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Magee ...

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.

  • Endeavor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Endeavor is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
  • Fiddlergreen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Fiddlergreen is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlergreen
  • Grand Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Grand Valley is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
  • Hearts Content
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hearts Content is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Content
  • Hermit Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
  • Queen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Queen is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
  • Torpedo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Torpedo is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
  • Triumph
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Triumph is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
  • Whig Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Whig Hill is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill
  • Yellow Hammer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Yellow Hammer is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Hammer

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Magee and extending to:

  • Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Magee to Warren, with an average speed<4> 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 161 miles [259.1 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,872 miles [9,450.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Magee) 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 Magee 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Magee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Magee 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 Magee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7017, Longitude: -79.3562       In this case, the coordinates for Magee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.115 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.262 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.656 degrees.