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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 Stoneham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoneham 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 Stoneham:
- 41.799251, -79.099369
- 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 Stoneham
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Stoneham is near McKean County and also Forest 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 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 Stoneham
Communities Also Named Stoneham ...
We found six communities that are also named Stoneham.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Stoneham is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Weld County
- This Stoneham is located in Weld County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the west of the Stoneham that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Stoneham.
- Georgia
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stoneham [Jackson County].
- Maine
- Oxford County
- This Stoneham is located in Oxford County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stoneham that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Stoneham.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Stoneham is located in Middlesex County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the east of the Stoneham that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Stoneham.
- Quebec
- This Stoneham lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stoneham that is located in Warren County.
- Texas
- Grimes County
- This Stoneham is located in Grimes County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stoneham that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Stoneham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoneham ...
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.
- Backup Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Backup Corners is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
- Cable Hollow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cable Hollow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Hollow
- Elijah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elijah is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
- Hearts Content
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hearts Content is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Content
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hermit Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Run
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Rogertown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rogertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogertown
- Starbrick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starbrick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbrick
- Sugar Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run
How Far From Stoneham 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 Stoneham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stoneham and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Stoneham to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,858 miles [9,427.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Stoneham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Stoneham 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. |
| <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 Stoneham 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 Stoneham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7993, Longitude: -79.0994 In this case, the coordinates for Stoneham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.948 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.088 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.499 degrees. |
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