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

  • 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 Barclay:
    • 41.655909, -76.626339
    • 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 Barclay
  • 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
    • Since Barclay is near Sullivan County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Barclay

Communities Also Named Barclay ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Barclay.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Barclay is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Barclay is located in Talladega County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Barclay.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Barclay is located in Sangamon County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the west of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Barclay.
    • Kansas
      • Osage County
      • This Barclay is located in Osage County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the west of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Barclay.
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • This Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Barclay.
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon 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 Barclay [Ontonagon County].
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This Barclay is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km]<1> to the west of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Barclay.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Barclay is located in Trumbull County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the west of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Barclay.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Barclay.
    • Texas
      • Falls County
      • This Barclay is located in Falls County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Barclay that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Barclay.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake 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 Utah community of Barclay [Salt Lake County].
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia 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 Barclay [Monongalia County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barclay ...

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.

  • Carbon
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Carbon is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
  • Cold Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Highland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Kellogg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Kellogg is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Leroy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Leroy is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Lincoln Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
  • Long Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Long Valley is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
  • Luthers Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Luthers Mills is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Mills
  • Minerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Minerville is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerville
  • Mountain Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Lake is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
  • Overshot
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Overshot is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
  • Windfall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Windfall is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

How Far From Barclay to ...

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

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

  • Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barclay to Towanda, with an average speed<3> 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south (S). 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 191 miles [307.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,355 miles [7,008.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Barclay) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Barclay 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>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.
<4>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 Barclay 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 Barclay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6559, Longitude: -76.6263       In this case, the coordinates for Barclay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.43 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.35 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.419 degrees.