Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Olmstead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Olmstead and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Olmstead
- 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 Olmstead:
- 41.928116, -78.949206
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Olmstead
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Olmstead is near Cattaraugus County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- eBird sighting report for McKean 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Olmstead ...
We found five communities that share the name Olmstead.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Olmstead is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- North Dakota
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Olmstead ...
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.
- Backup Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Backup Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
- Backup Corners is located in Warren County
- Cable Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Hollow
- Cable Hollow is located in Warren County
- Cornplanter ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornplanter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornplanter
- Cornplanter is located in Warren County
- Dodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Elijah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Hemlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Hemlock is located in Warren County
- Marshburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Quaker Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County (NY)
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Rogertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Sugar Run ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Olmstead 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 Olmstead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Olmstead once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Olmstead and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Olmstead to Warren, with an average speed<5> 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 232 miles [373.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olmstead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olmstead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9281, Longitude: -78.9492 In this case, the coordinates for Olmstead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Olmstead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Olmstead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.845 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.992 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.378 degrees. |