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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 Nesbit Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nesbit Corners 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 Nesbit Corners:
- 41.276447, -80.125061
- 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 Nesbit 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 Nesbit Corners is near Venango County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Nesbit Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nesbit 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.
- Booher Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Booher Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Corners
- Bowie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bowie is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Centertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centertown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Coolspring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coolspring is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Filer Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Filer Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer Corners
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hope Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Mills
- Irishtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Irishtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Perrys Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Reeds Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Furnace is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Furnace
- Sandy Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Nesbit Corners 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 Nesbit Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nesbit Corners and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Nesbit Corners 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 231 miles [371.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,519 miles [7,272.6 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- Nesbit Corners) 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 Nesbit Corners 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 Nesbit Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2764, Longitude: -80.1251 In this case, the coordinates for Nesbit Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.622 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.77 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.175 degrees. |
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