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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 Waterson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waterson 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 Waterson:
- 41.177171, -79.290100
- 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 Waterson
- 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Since Waterson is near Jefferson County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Waterson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Waterson ...
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.
- Crates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Day
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Fisher
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fisher is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Frogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Helen Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kingsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Limestone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roseville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Spaces Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spaces Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaces Corners
- Stone House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Stone House is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Summerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Waterson to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Waterson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Waterson and extending to:
- Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Waterson to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waterson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Waterson 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 Waterson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1772, Longitude: -79.2901 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.108 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.173 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.828 degrees. |
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