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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 Valcourt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valcourt 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 Valcourt:
- 41.116172, -80.118115
- 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 Valcourt
- 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 Valcourt is near Lawrence County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Valcourt
Communities Also Named Valcourt ...
We found one communities that are also named Valcourt.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Valcourt is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Valcourt in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Quebec
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Valcourt.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valcourt ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Carter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carter is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Currys Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Currys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currys Mills
- Elliotts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elliotts Mills is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotts Mills
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Forestville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Irishtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Irishtown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Jacksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksville
- Leesburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leesburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- London
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- London is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Perrys Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Plain Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plain Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain Grove
- Slippery Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swamproot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Wick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
How Far From Valcourt to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Valcourt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Valcourt and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Valcourt to Mercer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 178 miles [286.5 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 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,929 miles [9,541.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Valcourt 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Valcourt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Valcourt 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 Valcourt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1162, Longitude: -80.1181 In this case, the coordinates for Valcourt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.751 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.231 degrees. |
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