Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Venturetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Venturetown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Venturetown

• 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 Venturetown:
  • 41.863393, -79.154767
  • 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 Venturetown

• 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 Venturetown is near Chautauqua County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean 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 Venturetown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Venturetown ...

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.

• Backup Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Backup Corners is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
• Cable Hollow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cable Hollow is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Hollow
• Cornplanter ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cornplanter is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornplanter
• Dodge
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Dodge is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge
• Elijah
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Elijah is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
• Hemlock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hemlock is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
• Hermit Spring
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
• Jackson Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jackson Run is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Run
• Milltown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Milltown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Rogertown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rogertown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogertown
• Starbrick
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Starbrick is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbrick
• Sugar Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugar Grove is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Grove <1>
• Sugar Run ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Run is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run

How Far From Venturetown 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 Venturetown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Venturetown and extending to:

• Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Venturetown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'