Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Schofield Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schofield Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Schofield Corners

• 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 Schofield Corners:
  • 41.419777, -80.155895
  • 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 Schofield 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since Schofield Corners is near Crawford County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango 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 Schofield Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Schofield 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.

• Booher Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Booher Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Corners
• Coolspring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Coolspring is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
• Custards
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Custards is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
• Delaware Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Delaware Grove is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Grove
• Filer Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Filer Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer Corners
• Five Points
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Points is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Geneva
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Geneva is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
• Leechs Corners
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
• Oniontown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oniontown is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
• Porters Corners
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Porters Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corners
• Reeds Furnace
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Reeds Furnace is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Furnace
• Sandy Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Lake is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Lake <1>

How Far From Schofield Corners 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 Schofield Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Schofield Corners to Mercer, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 188 miles [302.6 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 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,917 miles [9,522.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,515 miles [7,266.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'