Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McDowell 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 McDowell Corners:
  • 41.174782, -80.123671
  • 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 McDowell 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since McDowell Corners is near Lawrence County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 McDowell Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near McDowell 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.

• Amsterdam
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Amsterdam is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
• Bowie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bowie is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
• Carter
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Centertown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Centertown is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
• Currys Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Currys Mills is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currys Mills
• Enterprise
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Enterprise is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
• Hope Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hope Mills is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mills
• Irishtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Irishtown is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
• Leesburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leesburg is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
• London
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • London is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Perrys Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
• Swamproot
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Swamproot is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McDowell Corners and extending to:

• Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from McDowell Corners to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,926 miles [9,537 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'