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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 Colyer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colyer 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 Colyer:
- 40.784231, -77.675831
- 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 Colyer
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Colyer is near Mifflin County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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 Colyer
Communities Also Named Colyer ...
We found three communities that are also named Colyer.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Colyer is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tehama 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 California community of Colyer [Tehama County].
- Kansas
- Trego 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 Colyer [Trego County].
- Kentucky
- 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 Kentucky community of Colyer [Madison County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colyer ...
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.
- Beaverdam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beaverdam is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
- Dale Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Farmers Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Fruittown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fruittown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruittown
- Garden View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden View is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oak Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Panorama Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Peru
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Pleasant Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potters Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Potters Mills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Mills
- Red Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Red Mill is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Shingletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shingletown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Spring Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Colyer 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 Colyer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Colyer and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Colyer to Bellefonte, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 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 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 Colyer 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Colyer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Colyer 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 Colyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7842, Longitude: -77.6758 In this case, the coordinates for Colyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.143 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.019 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.251 degrees. |
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