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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 Atlantic, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Atlantic and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Atlantic:
    • 40.844781, -78.395019
    • 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 Atlantic
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Since Atlantic is near Centre County and also Cambria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria 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 Atlantic

Communities Also Named Atlantic ...

We found 21 communities that are also named Atlantic.

There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Atlantic.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Crawford County
      • This Atlantic is located in Crawford County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Atlantic.
    • Fayette County
      • This Atlantic is located in Fayette County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Atlantic.
    • Somerset County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Atlantic [Somerset County].
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Atlantic is located in Westmoreland County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Atlantic.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Atlantic [Gunnison County].
    • Iowa
      • Cass County
      • This Atlantic is located in Cass County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<1> to the west of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Atlantic.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Atlantic is located in Hancock County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Atlantic.
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Atlantic [Essex County].
      • Norfolk County
      • This Atlantic is located in Norfolk County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Atlantic.
      • Plymouth County
      • This Atlantic is located in Plymouth County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east northeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Atlantic.
      • Suffolk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Atlantic [Suffolk County].
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Atlantic [Houghton County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Atlantic is located in Rockingham County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Atlantic.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Atlantic [Monmouth County].
    • New York
      • Richmond County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Atlantic [Richmond County].
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Atlantic is located in Carteret County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Atlantic.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Atlantic lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Atlantic is located in Accomack County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Atlantic that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Atlantic.
      • Virginia Beach City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Atlantic [Virginia Beach City].
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Atlantic [Mineral County].
      • Preston County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Atlantic [Preston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Atlantic ...

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.

  • Boardman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Boardman is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
  • Booker
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Booker is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
  • Glen Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
  • Janesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Janesville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
  • Kellytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kellytown is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
  • Mascot ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mascot is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
  • Parsonsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
  • Scotch Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Scotch Hollow is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hollow
  • Smoke Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Smoke Run is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Run
  • Spike Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spike Island is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
  • Stumptown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Stumptown is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

How Far From Atlantic to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Atlantic to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Atlantic and extending to:

  • Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Atlantic to Clearfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 88 miles [141.6 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 152 miles [244.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,871 miles [9,448.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,462 miles [7,180.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Atlantic) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Atlantic 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Atlantic, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Atlantic 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 Atlantic. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8448, Longitude: -78.3950       In this case, the coordinates for Atlantic have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.578 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.522 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.55 degrees.