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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 Torpedo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Torpedo 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 Torpedo:
- 41.779226, -79.465605
- 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 Torpedo
- 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 Torpedo is near Crawford County and also Forest 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 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 Torpedo
Communities Also Named Torpedo ...
We found two communities that are also named Torpedo.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Torpedo is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Osage County
- This Torpedo is located in Osage County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Torpedo that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Torpedo.
- Texas
- Comanche 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 Texas community of Torpedo [Comanche County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Torpedo ...
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.
- Dotyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fiddlergreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fiddlergreen is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlergreen
- Grand Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Valley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
- Hatchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hatchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchtown
- Horn Siding
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Horn Siding is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Siding
- Magee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Magee is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Queen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Queen is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Spring Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Triumph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Triumph is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
How Far From Torpedo 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 Torpedo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Torpedo and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Torpedo to Warren, 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 169 miles [272 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Torpedo) 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 Torpedo 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 Torpedo 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 Torpedo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7792, Longitude: -79.4656 In this case, the coordinates for Torpedo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.179 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.346 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.677 degrees. |
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