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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 Watson Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watson Run 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 Watson Run:
- 41.655571, -80.264711
- 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 Watson Run
- 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 Watson Run is near York County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Watson Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watson Run ...
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.
- Coons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dennys Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
- Dicksonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fredericksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Littles Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
- Meadville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadville Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From Watson Run 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 Watson Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Watson Run and extending to:
- Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Watson Run to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 255 miles [410.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,634 miles [10,676.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,510 miles [7,258.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Watson Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Watson Run 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 Watson Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6556, Longitude: -80.2647 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.687 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.903 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.097 degrees. |
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