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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 Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring 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 Spring:
- 41.796722, -80.326452
- 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 Spring
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Spring is near Erie County and also Ashtabula County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashtabula 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 Spring
Communities Also Named Spring ...
We found six communities that are also named Spring.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Spring is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Washington 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 Idaho community of Spring [Washington County].
- Illinois
- Brown 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 Illinois community of Spring [Brown County].
- Kansas
- Barton 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 Kansas community of Spring [Barton County].
- Harper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring [Harper County].
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spring [Scott County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Spring is located in Harris County and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Spring that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring ...
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.
- Beaver Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Beaver Center is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Center
- Center Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Road is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
- Coons Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
- Cranesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crossingville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossingville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
- Dicksonburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Keepville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keepville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Kidders Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders Corner is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders Corner
- Littles Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
- Pageville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pageville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageville
- Paperville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paperville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paperville
- Shadeland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shadeland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
How Far From Spring 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 Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spring to Meadville, with an average speed<4> 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 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,631 miles [10,671.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 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 Spring 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Spring 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 Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7967, Longitude: -80.3265 In this case, the coordinates for Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.718 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.959 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.073 degrees. |
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