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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 Newmansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newmansville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Newmansville:
    • 41.428487, -79.368158
    • 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 Newmansville
  • 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
    • Since Newmansville is near Forest County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Newmansville

Communities Also Named Newmansville ...

We found two communities that are also named Newmansville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Newmansville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cass County
      • This Newmansville is located in Cass County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the west of the Newmansville that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Newmansville.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Newmansville is located in Greene County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Newmansville that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Newmansville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newmansville ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newmansville and extending to:

  • Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Newmansville to Clarion, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Newmansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Newmansville 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 Newmansville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4285, Longitude: -79.3682       In this case, the coordinates for Newmansville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.141 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.249 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.768 degrees.