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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 Clear Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clear Run and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clear Run:
    • 41.137561, -78.754751
    • 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 Clear Run
  • 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Since Clear Run is near Jefferson County and also Elk 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 Elk 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 Clear Run

Communities Also Named Clear Run ...

We found two communities that are also named Clear Run.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Clear Run is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio 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 Kentucky community of Clear Run [Ohio County].
    • North Carolina
      • Sampson County
      • This Clear Run is located in Sampson County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the south of the Clear Run that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Clear Run.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clear Run ...

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.

  • Falls Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Harveys Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harveys Run is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Run
  • Home Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Home Camp is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Camp
  • Lanes Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
  • Narrows Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Narrows Creek is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
  • Oklahoma
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Oklahoma is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
  • Red Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
  • Rockdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Sandy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sandy is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Sandy Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
  • Soldier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Soldier is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
  • Stanley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stanley is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Treasure Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake

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

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

  • Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clear Run to Clearfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 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 Clear Run 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clear Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Clear Run 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 Clear Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1376, Longitude: -78.7548       In this case, the coordinates for Clear Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.78 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.795 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.599 degrees.