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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 Bush Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bush Addition 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 Bush Addition:
- 40.904783, -77.788890
- 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 Bush Addition
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Bush Addition is near Clinton County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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 Bush Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bush Addition ...
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.
- Axemann
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Axemann is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axemann
- Big Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Dale Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Dry Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dry Top is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Top
- Fishermans Paradise
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fishermans Paradise is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Paradise
- Hunter Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Park
- Lyonstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonstown
- Milesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peru
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pleasant Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Runville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Runville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runville
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
How Far From Bush Addition 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 Bush Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bush Addition and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Bush Addition to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 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 '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- Bush Addition) 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 Bush Addition 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 Bush Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9048, Longitude: -77.7889 In this case, the coordinates for Bush Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.203 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.106 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.254 degrees. |
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