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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 Camptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camptown 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 Camptown:
- 41.731186, -76.234655
- 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 Camptown
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Camptown is near Wyoming County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Camptown
Communities Also Named Camptown ...
We found three communities that are also named Camptown.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Camptown is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Camptown [New Haven County].
- Texas
- Newton County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Newton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Camptown.
- Virginia
- Isle of Wight County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Camptown [Isle of Wight County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camptown ...
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.
- Asylum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Asylum is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Brushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brushville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Cherrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Laceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limehill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Limehill is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
- Merryall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Merryall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
- Rocky Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Forest is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forest
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Skinners Eddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Standing Stone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Stevensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stone House Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone House Corner is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House Corner
- Sugar Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Terrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Terrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
- Zion Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zion Heights is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Heights
How Far From Camptown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Camptown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Camptown and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Camptown to Towanda, with an average speed<5> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,335 miles [6,976.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Camptown 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. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Camptown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Camptown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Camptown 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 Camptown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7312, Longitude: -76.2347 In this case, the coordinates for Camptown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.183 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.083 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.208 degrees. |
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