Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bakers Crossroad:
  • 40.624235, -78.695024
  • 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 Bakers Crossroad

• 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
  • Since Bakers Crossroad is near Indiana County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield 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 Bakers Crossroad

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bakers Crossroad ...

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.

• Beaver Valley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Beaver Valley is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
• Blue Goose
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Blue Goose is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
• Chest Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
• Foxburg
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Foxburg is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
• Greenwich
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwich is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
• Long Run
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Long Run is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
• Longs Crossroad
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Longs Crossroad is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossroad
• Martintown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Martintown is located in Indiana County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
• Slickport
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Slickport is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickport
• Spangler
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Spangler is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
• Swedetown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Swedetown is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
• Tripoli
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tripoli is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
• Twenty Row
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Twenty Row is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Row

How Far From Bakers Crossroad 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 Bakers Crossroad to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Bakers Crossroad to Ebensburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 98 miles [157.7 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 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 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'