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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 Carbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carbon 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 Carbon:
    • 41.649797, -76.661618
    • 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 Carbon
  • 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 Carbon is near Sullivan County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Carbon

Communities Also Named Carbon ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Carbon.

There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Carbon.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Carbon 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 Pennsylvania community of Carbon [Carbon County].
    • Lawrence 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 Pennsylvania community of Carbon [Lawrence County].
    • Mercer County
      • This Carbon is located in Mercer County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the west of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Carbon.
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Carbon is located in Westmoreland County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Carbon.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Carbon lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Carbon.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Carbon is located in Saint Clair County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Carbon.
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Carbon is located in Clay County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the west of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Carbon.
    • Iowa
      • Adams County
      • This Carbon is located in Adams County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the west of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Carbon.
      • Davis County
      • This Carbon is located in Davis County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the west of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Carbon.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford 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 Kansas community of Carbon [Crawford County].
      • Jackson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carbon [Jackson County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • Although located in Macon County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Carbon.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Carbon is located in Pittsburg County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Carbon.
    • Texas
      • Eastland County
      • This Carbon is located in Eastland County and lies 1,378 miles [2,217.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Carbon.
      • Webb 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 Texas community of Carbon [Webb County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Carbon is located in Kanawha County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Carbon that is located in Bradford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Carbon.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Carbon [Carbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carbon ...

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.

  • Cold Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Grover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Grover is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
  • Highland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Kellogg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Kellogg is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Leroy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Leroy is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Lincoln Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
  • Long Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Long Valley is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
  • Luthers Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Luthers Mills is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Mills
  • Maple Summit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Summit is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Summit
  • Minerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Minerville is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerville
  • Mountain Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Lake is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
  • Overshot
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Overshot is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
  • Windfall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Windfall is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carbon and extending to:

  • Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carbon to Towanda, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Carbon 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Carbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Carbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Carbon 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 Carbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6498, Longitude: -76.6616       In this case, the coordinates for Carbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.452 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.374 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.437 degrees.