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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 Vrooman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vrooman 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 Vrooman:
- 41.736525, -79.649196
- 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 Vrooman
- 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 Vrooman is near Warren County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango 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 Vrooman
Communities Also Named Vrooman ...
We found one communities that are also named Vrooman.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Vrooman is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Vrooman in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- 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 Michigan community of Vrooman [Berrien County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vrooman ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clappville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Clappville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappville
- Dotyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dotyville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Enterprise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddlergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fiddlergreen is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlergreen
- Five Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Grand Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grand Valley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Valley
- Hatchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hatchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchtown
- Mystic Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mystic Park is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Park
- Riceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tryonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Vrooman 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 Vrooman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Vrooman and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vrooman 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 just over a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 175 miles [281.6 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 239 miles [384.6 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 5,883 miles [9,467.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 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 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 Vrooman 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- Vrooman) 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 Vrooman 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 Vrooman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7365, Longitude: -79.6492 In this case, the coordinates for Vrooman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.472 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.779 degrees. |
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