Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Arch Rock:
  • 40.607576, -77.418324
  • 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 Arch Rock

• 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 Juniata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
  • Since Arch Rock is near Mifflin County and also Snyder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder 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 Arch Rock

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arch Rock ...

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.

• Cuba Mills
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cuba Mills is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba Mills
• Hawstone
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hawstone is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawstone
• Little Roundtop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Roundtop is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Roundtop
• Martins Crossroads
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Martins Crossroads is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
• Mexico
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mexico is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
• Mount Pleasant
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Paintersville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
• Rockville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rockville is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Roundtop
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Roundtop is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
• Walnut
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Arch Rock and extending to:

• Mifflintown, which is the Seat of Juniata County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Arch Rock to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'