Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Beaver Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaver Valley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beaver Valley
- 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 Beaver Valley:
- 40.922309, -76.282440
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Beaver Valley
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Beaver Valley is near Schuylkill County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Beaver Valley ...
We found six communities that share the name Beaver Valley.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Beaver Valley.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Cambria County
- This Beaver Valley is located in Cambria County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the west of the Beaver Valley that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Beaver Valley.
- Cambria County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair 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 Alabama community of Beaver Valley [Saint Clair County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Beaver Valley is located in New Castle County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beaver Valley that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Beaver Valley.
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Beaver Valley [Cook County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Beaver Valley lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beaver Valley that is located in Columbia County.
- Washington
- Jefferson County
- This Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beaver Valley that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Beaver Valley.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaver Valley ...
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.
- Dogtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Fern Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Ferndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Glen Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Junction
- Glen Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Krebs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Mainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Ringtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringtown
- Ringtown is located in Schuylkill County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringtown <4>
- Rock Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Slabtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Zion Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove
- Zion Grove is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion Grove <4>
How Far From Beaver Valley 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 Beaver Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaver Valley and extending to:
- Bloomsburg, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beaver Valley to Bloomsburg, with an average speed<5> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,368 miles [7,029.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beaver Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiapa.org/county/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beaver Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaver Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9223, Longitude: -76.2824 In this case, the coordinates for Beaver Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Beaver Valley 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Beaver Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.286 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.071 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.573 degrees. |