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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 Titusville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Titusville 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 Titusville:
- 41.627108, -79.673341
- 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 Titusville
- 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 Titusville is near Venango County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Titusville
Communities Also Named Titusville ...
We found five communities that are also named Titusville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Titusville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Titusville is located in Brevard County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the south of the Titusville that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Titusville.
- Indiana
- Ripley 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 Indiana community of Titusville [Ripley County].
- New Brunswick
- This Titusville lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Titusville that is located in Crawford County.
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- This Titusville is located in Mercer County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Titusville that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Titusville.
- New York
- Dutchess County
- This Titusville is located in Dutchess County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east of the Titusville that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Titusville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Titusville ...
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.
- Breedtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Breedtown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedtown
- Cherrytree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cherrytree is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Clappville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clappville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappville
- Diamond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Dotyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dotyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Five Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Mystic Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mystic Park is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Park
- Petroleum Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pioneer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pleasantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tryonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Titusville 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 city such as Titusville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Titusville and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Titusville to Meadville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 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- Titusville) 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 Titusville 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 Titusville 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 Titusville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6271, Longitude: -79.6733 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.318 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.833 degrees. |
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