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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 Owens Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Owens 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 Owens Corners:
- 42.116167, -79.919774
- 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 Owens 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Since Owens Corners is near Chautauqua County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Owens Corners
Communities Also Named Owens Corners ...
We found one communities that are also named Owens Corners.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Owens Corners is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Owens Corners in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Owens Corners [Saint Lawrence County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Owens 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.
- Bogus Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bogus Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus Corners
- Chestnut Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Erie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Erie Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Erie Heights is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Heights
- Freeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Harborcreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Hope is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Lowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lowville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
- Moorhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Moorhead is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorheadville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moorheadville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorheadville
- Orchard Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Beach is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Valley Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Valley Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Corners
- Weeds Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Weeds Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeds Corners
How Far From Owens 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 Owens Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Owens Corners and extending to:
- Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Owens Corners to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 268 miles [431.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Owens Corners could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Owens Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Owens 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 Owens Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1162, Longitude: -79.9198 In this case, the coordinates for Owens Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.441 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.695 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.76 degrees. |
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