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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 Cardiff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cardiff 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 Cardiff:
- 40.494565, -78.834364
- 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 Cardiff
- 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Since Cardiff is near Indiana County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Cardiff
Communities Also Named Cardiff ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Cardiff.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cardiff is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Cardiff is located in Jefferson County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cardiff.
- Alberta
- This Cardiff lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- Arkansas
- Scott County
- This Cardiff is located in Scott County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Cardiff.
- California
- San Diego 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 California community of Cardiff [San Diego County].
- Colorado
- Garfield County
- This Cardiff is located in Garfield County and lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km]<1> to the west of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Cardiff.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Cardiff is located in New Castle County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Cardiff.
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- This Cardiff is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,879 miles [3,024 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Cardiff.
- Illinois
- Livingston County
- This Cardiff is located in Livingston County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the west of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Cardiff.
- Maryland
- Cecil County
- This Cardiff is located in Cecil County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Cardiff.
- Harford County
- This Cardiff is located in Harford County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the east southeast of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cardiff.
- New Jersey
- Atlantic County
- This Cardiff is located in Atlantic County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Cardiff.
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Cardiff is located in Onondaga County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Cardiff.
- Ontario
- This Cardiff lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the north of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- Tennessee
- Roane County
- This Cardiff is located in Roane County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Cardiff.
- Texas
- Waller County
- This Cardiff is located in Waller County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cardiff that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waller County community of Cardiff.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cardiff ...
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.
- Adams Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Crossing
- Charlies Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlies Grove is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlies Grove
- Concrete Bridge Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edwards Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Red Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Red Mill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Tripoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tripoli is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
- Twenty Row
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twenty Row is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Row
- Twin Rocks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Cardiff 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 Cardiff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cardiff and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cardiff to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,495 miles [7,234 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cardiff) 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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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 Cardiff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4946, Longitude: -78.8344 In this case, the coordinates for Cardiff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.87 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.798 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.882 degrees. |
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