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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 Neason Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neason Hill 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 Neason Hill:
- 41.628388, -80.144782
- 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 Neason Hill
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Neason Hill is near Mercer County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Neason Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neason Hill ...
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.
- Coons Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
- Custards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- Dennys Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
- Fountain House Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Littles Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
- Meadville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From Neason Hill 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 Neason Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neason Hill and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Neason Hill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 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- Neason Hill) 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 Neason Hill 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 Neason Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6284, Longitude: -80.1448 In this case, the coordinates for Neason Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.614 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.815 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.052 degrees. |
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