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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 Roulette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roulette 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 Roulette:
- 41.777685, -78.153973
- 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 Roulette
- 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 Roulette is near McKean County and also Cameron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron 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 Roulette
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roulette ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clara is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Coneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Ice Mine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ice Mine is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Mine
- Inez
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keating Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Keating Summit is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating Summit
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Sweden Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Twomile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Twomile is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile
How Far From Roulette 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 Roulette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Roulette and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Roulette to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,416 miles [7,106.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Roulette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Roulette 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 Roulette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7777, Longitude: -78.1540 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.362 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.422 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.069 degrees. |
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