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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 Carrolltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carrolltown 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 Carrolltown:
- 40.604400, -78.708923
- 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 Carrolltown
- 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 Carrolltown is near Indiana County and also Clearfield 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 Clearfield 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 Carrolltown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carrolltown ...
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.
- Blue Goose
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blue Goose is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
- Chest Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Foxburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Foxburg is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
- Long Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Run is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Martintown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Martintown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Slickport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slickport is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickport
- Spangler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swedetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Swedetown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
- Tripoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tripoli is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
- Twenty Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twenty Row is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Row
How Far From Carrolltown 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 Carrolltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Carrolltown and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Carrolltown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,485 miles [7,217.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carrolltown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Carrolltown 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 Carrolltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6044, Longitude: -78.7089 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.787 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.72 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.784 degrees. |
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