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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 Matthews Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Matthews Run 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 Matthews Run:
- 41.904502, -79.344494
- 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 Matthews Run
- 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 Matthews Run is near Chautauqua County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Matthews Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Matthews Run ...
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.
- Backup Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Backup Corners is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
- Bear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Forest Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Chapel is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Chapel
- Horn Siding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Siding is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Siding
- Jackson Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jackson Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Run
- Lottsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Spring Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Starbrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Starbrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbrick
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Torpedo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Torpedo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
How Far From Matthews Run 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 Matthews Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Matthews Run and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Matthews Run to Warren, with an average speed<3> 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 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,863 miles [9,435.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,461 miles [7,179.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Matthews Run) 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 Matthews Run 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 Matthews Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9045, Longitude: -79.3445 In this case, the coordinates for Matthews Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.094 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.27 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.572 degrees. |
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