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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 Oswayo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oswayo 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 Oswayo:
- 41.921621, -78.017663
- 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 Oswayo
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since Oswayo is near Allegany County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Oswayo
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oswayo ...
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.
- Clara
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clara is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Coneville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eleven Mile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Gold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Lewis Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Shinglehouse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Oswayo 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 Oswayo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oswayo and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Oswayo to Coudersport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four 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 5,809 miles [9,348.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oswayo) 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 Oswayo 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 Oswayo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9216, Longitude: -78.0177 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.266 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.336 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.947 degrees. |
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