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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 Campbelltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown:
- 41.712007, -78.652804
- 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 Campbelltown
- 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 McKean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Since Campbelltown is near Elk County and also Warren 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 Warren 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 Campbelltown
Communities Also Named Campbelltown ...
We found six communities that are also named Campbelltown.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Campbelltown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located 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 ...
- Lebanon County
- This Campbelltown is located in Lebanon County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the southeast of the Campbelltown that is located in McKean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Campbelltown.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Gunnison County
- This Campbelltown is located in Gunnison County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the west of the Campbelltown that is located in McKean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Campbelltown.
- Indiana
- Pike County
- This Campbelltown is located in Pike County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Campbelltown that is located in McKean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Campbelltown.
- Maryland
- Worcester 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 Maryland community of Campbelltown [Worcester County].
- Ontario
- This Campbelltown lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the north of the Campbelltown that is located in McKean County.
- West Virginia
- Pocahontas County
- This Campbelltown is located in Pocahontas County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Campbelltown that is located in McKean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Campbelltown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Campbelltown ...
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.
- Big Shanty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Big Shanty is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty
- Coontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coontown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
- Cyclone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cyclone is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Freeman
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freeman is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Irishtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Irishtown is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Kane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marvindale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marvindale is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvindale
- Sergeant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sergeant is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeant
- Tallyho
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tallyho is located in McKean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
How Far From Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Campbelltown and extending to:
- Smethport, which is the Seat of McKean County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Campbelltown to Smethport, with an average speed<4> 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Campbelltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Campbelltown 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Campbelltown 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 Campbelltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7120, Longitude: -78.6528 In this case, the coordinates for Campbelltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.676 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.767 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.326 degrees. |
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