Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Blowtown:
  • 41.295895, -78.934756
  • 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 Blowtown

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Blowtown is near Elk County and also Forest 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 Forest 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 Blowtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blowtown ...

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.

• Belltown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Belltown is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
• Cartwright
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Cartwright is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
• Egypt
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Egypt is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
• Erie Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Erie Junction is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
• Lake City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake City is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake City <1>
• Lanes Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
• Millstone
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Millstone is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
• Rockdale
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
• Sugar Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blowtown and extending to:

• Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blowtown to Brookville, 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 128 miles [206 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,468 miles [7,190.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'