Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Beacon Lodge:
  • 40.374245, -77.812773
  • 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 Beacon Lodge

• 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 Huntingdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
  • Since Beacon Lodge is near Mifflin County and also Juniata 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 Juniata 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 Beacon Lodge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beacon Lodge ...

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.

• Birdville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
• Cross Keys
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cross Keys is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
• Little Kansas
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Little Kansas is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kansas
• Longfellow
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
• Lucy Furnace
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lucy Furnace is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Furnace
• Page ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Page is located in Huntingdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
• Peru Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
• Reeds Gap
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
• Rockhill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Rockhill has also been known as:
  • Rockhill Furnace
• Spears Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Spears Grove is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Grove
• Vineyard
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Vineyard is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard

How Far From Beacon Lodge 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 Beacon Lodge to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Huntingdon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beacon Lodge to Huntingdon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving 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 5,867 miles [9,442 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 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'