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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 Telescope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Telescope 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 Telescope:
- 41.781457, -77.739158
- 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 Telescope
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since Telescope is near Tioga County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Telescope
Curious and Interesting Names Near Telescope ...
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.
- Burrows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Burrows is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Fox Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fox Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Gold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gold is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold
- Hector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hector is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Marshlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marshlands is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshlands
- Mixtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mixtown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixtown
- Raymond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Sweden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
How Far From Telescope 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 Telescope to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Telescope and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Telescope to Coudersport, with an average speed<2> 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Telescope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Telescope 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 Telescope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7815, Longitude: -77.7392 In this case, the coordinates for Telescope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.105 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.131 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.876 degrees. |
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