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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 Onspaugh Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Onspaugh 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 Onspaugh Corners:
- 41.647277, -80.208672
- 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 Onspaugh 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Onspaugh Corners is near York County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Onspaugh Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Onspaugh 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.
- Coons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
- Custards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- Dennys Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
- Dicksonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Fountain House Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Littles Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
- Meadville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadville Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From Onspaugh Corners 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 Onspaugh 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 Onspaugh Corners and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Onspaugh 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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five 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 5,909 miles [9,509.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,508 miles [7,254.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Onspaugh 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 Onspaugh 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 Onspaugh Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6473, Longitude: -80.2087 In this case, the coordinates for Onspaugh Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.652 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.862 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.074 degrees. |
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