Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Clarion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarion and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Clarion
- 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 Clarion:
- 41.214704, -79.385586
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Clarion
- 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Since Clarion is near Jefferson County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Forest 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Clarion ...
We found nine communities that share the name Clarion.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Clarion.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarion ...
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.
- Canoe Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Furnace
- Canoe Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Churchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Churchville is located in Clarion County
- Day
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Elk City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elk City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elk City
- From Clarion to Elk City
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Clarion County
- Helen Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Helen Furnace. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Helen Furnace
- From Clarion to Helen Furnace
- Iron City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Limestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Marianne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mechanicsville
- From Clarion to Mechanicsville
- Paint Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Mills
- Paint Mills is located in Clarion County
- Stone House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Stone House is located in Clarion County
How Far From Clarion 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 Clarion to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarion and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Clarion to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clarion: www.clarionboro.org/
The official website for Clarion County: www.co.clarion.pa.us/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Clarion 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- Clarion) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clarion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2147, Longitude: -79.3856 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Clarion to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.165 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.244 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.858 degrees. |