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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 Sadlers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sadlers Corner 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 Sadlers Corner:
    • 41.397283, -79.624494
    • 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 Sadlers Corner
  • 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
    • Since Sadlers Corner is near Clarion County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Sadlers Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sadlers Corner ...

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.

  • Coal Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Coal Hill is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
  • Colonial Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colonial Village is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Cranberry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranberry is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
  • Eagle Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle Rock is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Rock
  • Grandview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandview is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Green Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Oaks is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Oaks
  • Henrys Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Henrys Bend is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Bend
  • Hill City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hill City is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
  • Maple Shade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Shade is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Oil City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • President
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • President is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
    • Rose Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rose Gardens is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Gardens
    • Sawtown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sawtown is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtown
    • Stanleys Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Stanleys Corner is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleys Corner
    • Twin Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Venango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks

How Far From Sadlers Corner 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 Sadlers Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sadlers Corner and extending to:

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sadlers Corner to Franklin, 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 162 miles [260.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,897 miles [9,490.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,493 miles [7,230.8 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Sadlers Corner) 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 Sadlers Corner 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 Sadlers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3973, Longitude: -79.6245       In this case, the coordinates for Sadlers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.302 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.427 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.898 degrees.