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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 Paperville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paperville 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 Paperville:
    • 41.860333, -80.271172
    • 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 Paperville
  • 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 Paperville ...

We found three communities that share the name Paperville.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Paperville.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Paperville [Chester County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Marin 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 California community of Paperville [Marin County].
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Paperville is located in Sullivan County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Paperville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Paperville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paperville ...

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.

  • Cranesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
    • Cranesville is located in Erie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cranesville <4>
  • Crossingville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossingville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
    • Crossingville is located in Crawford County
  • Francis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Francis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
    • Francis is located in Erie County
  • Keepville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keepville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
    • Keepville is located in Erie County
  • Kidders Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kidders Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders Corner
    • Kidders Corner is located in Erie County
  • Little Elk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
    • Little Elk is located in Erie County
  • Pageville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pageville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageville
    • Pageville is located in Erie County
  • Shadeland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadeland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
    • Shadeland is located in Crawford County
  • Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring
    • Spring is located in Crawford County

How Far From Paperville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paperville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paperville to Meadville, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paperville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Crawford County: www.co.crawford.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Paperville 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paperville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paperville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8603, Longitude: -80.2712       In this case, the coordinates for Paperville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Paperville 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 309.679 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.925 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.023 degrees.









 

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