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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 Clarion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarion 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Clarion
Communities Also Named Clarion ...
We found nine communities that are also named Clarion.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Clarion.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Elk 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 Clarion [Elk County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Clarion is located in Bureau County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<2> to the west of the Clarion that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Clarion.
- Iowa
- Wright County
- This Clarion is located in Wright County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clarion that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Clarion.
- Kansas
- Sedgwick 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 Clarion [Sedgwick County].
- Michigan
- Charlevoix County
- This Clarion is located in Charlevoix County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Clarion that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlevoix County community of Clarion.
- Nebraska
- Madison 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 Nebraska community of Clarion [Madison County].
- Ohio
- Vinton County
- This Clarion is located in Vinton County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the southwest of the Clarion that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Clarion.
- Utah
- Clarion #1
- 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 Utah community of Clarion.
- Virginia
- Campbell 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 Clarion [Campbell County].
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)
- Canoe Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Furnace
- Churchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Churchville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Day
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Elk City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Helen Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Limestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Marianne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marianne is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianne
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Mills is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Mills
- Stone House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stone House is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
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<3>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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 '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- Clarion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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.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 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.165 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.244 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.858 degrees. |
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