Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Almaden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Almaden and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Almaden
- 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 Almaden:
- 40.762838, -78.399741
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Almaden
- 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Since Almaden is near Cambria County and also Centre County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- eBird sighting report for Centre 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Almaden ...
We found one communities that share the name Almaden.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Almaden is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Almaden in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Almaden ...
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.
- Bear Loop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Blandburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Booker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Fallentimber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallentimber
- Fallentimber is located in Cambria County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallentimber <3>
- Glasgow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Glen Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Janesville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Janesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Janesville is located in Clearfield County
- Lloydville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloydville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Lyleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Mascot ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Parsonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Rosebud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Smoke Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Utahville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
How Far From Almaden 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 Almaden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Almaden and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<4> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Almaden to Clearfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Almaden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clearfield County: www.clearfieldco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Almaden 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Almaden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Almaden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7628, Longitude: -78.3997 In this case, the coordinates for Almaden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Almaden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.587 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.519 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.584 degrees. |