Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 McLane:
  • 41.936167, -80.126446
  • 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 McLane

• 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
  • Since McLane is near Crawford County and also Chautauqua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua 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 McLane

Curious and Interesting Names Near McLane ...

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.

• Bagdad
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bagdad is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
• Branchville
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Branchville is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
• Crossingville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Crossingville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
• Draketown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Draketown is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
• Francis
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Francis is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
• Indian Head
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Indian Head is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
• Little Elk
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little Elk is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
• Pageville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pageville is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageville
• Paperville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Paperville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paperville
• Reeds Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Reeds Corners is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Corners
• Swanville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Swanville is located in Erie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville

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

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

• Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from McLane to Erie, with an average speed<2> 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 203 miles [326.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,617 miles [10,649 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,493 miles [7,230.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'