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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 Broad Top City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broad Top City 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 Broad Top City:
- 40.199802, -78.147230
- 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 Broad Top City
- 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 Broad Top City is near Bedford County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Broad Top City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Broad Top City ...
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.
- Beavertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beavertown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Cooks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Defiance
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Hickory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Hill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Marysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Riddlesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Round Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Round Knob is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Knob
- Salter
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Sandy Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Run is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
- Stonerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stonerstown is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonerstown
- Trough Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Trough Creek is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek
- Waterfall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Broad Top City 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 Broad Top City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Broad Top City and extending to:
- Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Huntingdon County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Broad Top City to Huntingdon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Broad Top City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Broad Top City 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 Broad Top City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1998, Longitude: -78.1472 In this case, the coordinates for Broad Top City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.47 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.69 degrees. |
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