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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 Sunol, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunol 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 Sunol:
- 41.474221, -80.145339
- 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 Sunol
- 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 Sunol 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 Sunol
Communities Also Named Sunol ...
We found three communities that are also named Sunol.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Sunol is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda County
- This Sunol is located in Alameda County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<1> to the west of the Sunol that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Sunol.
- Kentucky
- Woodford 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 Kentucky community of Sunol [Woodford County].
- Nebraska
- Cheyenne County
- This Sunol is located in Cheyenne County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<1> to the west of the Sunol that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Sunol.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunol ...
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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Booher Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booher Corners
- Custards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Custards is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custards
- Donner Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Donner Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Crossroads
- Filer Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Filer Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer Corners
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fredericksburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Frenchtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Geneva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Leechs Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Meadville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Porters Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Porters Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corners
- Reeds Furnace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Furnace is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Furnace
- Sandy Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stony Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From Sunol 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 Sunol to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunol and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunol to Mercer, 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 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 241 miles [387.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunol) 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 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 Sunol 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'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 Sunol 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 Sunol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4742, Longitude: -80.1453 In this case, the coordinates for Sunol have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.623 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.802 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.11 degrees. |
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