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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 Clearfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clearfield 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 Clearfield:
    • 41.027078, -78.439306
    • 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 Clearfield
  • 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 Clearfield is near Centre County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre 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 Clearfield

Communities Also Named Clearfield ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Clearfield.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Clearfield.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Northampton County
      • This Clearfield is located in Northampton County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the east of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Clearfield.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Clearfield is located in New Castle County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Clearfield.
    • Iowa
      • Taylor County
      • This Clearfield is located in Taylor County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<1> to the west of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Clearfield.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • This Clearfield is located in Douglas County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the west of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Clearfield.
    • Kentucky
      • Rowan County
      • This Clearfield is located in Rowan County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Clearfield.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Clearfield is located in Carroll County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Clearfield.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 New York community of Clearfield [Erie County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Clearfield lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
    • South Dakota
      • Tripp County
      • This Clearfield is located in Tripp County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tripp County community of Clearfield.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Clearfield is located in Davis County and lies 1,737 miles [2,795.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clearfield that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Clearfield.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Clearfield [Fairfax County].
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas 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 West Virginia community of Clearfield [Nicholas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearfield ...

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.

  • Egypt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Krebs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Krebs is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
  • Leonard
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Leonard is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Mineral Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Mount Hope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hope is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Mount Joy
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Needful
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Needful is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needful
  • Pine Top
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pine Top is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Riverview is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Spring Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Surveyor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Surveyor is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor

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

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

  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Clearfield to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,865 miles [9,438.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,457 miles [7,172.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Clearfield) 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 Clearfield 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 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 Clearfield 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 Clearfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0271, Longitude: -78.4393    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.593 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.567 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.499 degrees.