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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 Moorheadville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moorheadville 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 Moorheadville:
- 42.192002, -79.910052
- 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 Moorheadville
- 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 Moorheadville is near Chautauqua County and also Warren 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 Warren 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 Moorheadville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moorheadville ...
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.
- Bogus Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bogus Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus Corners
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Harborcreek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Hope is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Moorhead
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Moorhead is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Orchard Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Beach is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
How Far From Moorheadville 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 Moorheadville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moorheadville and extending to:
- Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moorheadville to Erie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 272 miles [437.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moorheadville) 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 Moorheadville 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 Moorheadville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1920, Longitude: -79.9101 In this case, the coordinates for Moorheadville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.43 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.726 degrees. |
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