Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Baney Settlement:
  • 41.068114, -78.424742
  • 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 Baney Settlement

• 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 Baney Settlement is near Elk County and also Centre County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Baney Settlement

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baney Settlement ...

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.

• Eden
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Eden is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
• Egypt
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Egypt is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
• Krebs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Krebs is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
• Leonard
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Leonard is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
• Mineral Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mineral Springs is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
• Mount Hope
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mount Hope is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Mount Joy
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
• Needful
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Needful is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needful
• Riverview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Riverview is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Surveyor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Surveyor is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor

How Far From Baney Settlement 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 Baney Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Baney Settlement to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'