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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 Cresson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cresson 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 Cresson:
- 40.462442, -78.589689
- 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 Cresson
- 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Since Cresson is near Blair County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Cresson
Communities Also Named Cresson ...
We found three communities that are also named Cresson.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cresson is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Rooks 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 Cresson [Rooks County].
- Minnesota
- Pipestone County
- This Cresson is located in Pipestone County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cresson that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Cresson.
- Texas
- Hood County
- This Cresson is located in Hood County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cresson that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hood County community of Cresson.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cresson ...
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.
- Bens Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lower Dutchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Dutchtown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dutchtown
- Munster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oil City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Plane Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plane Bank is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plane Bank
- Shoemaker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shoemaker is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Tunnelhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Wildwood Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
How Far From Cresson 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 Cresson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cresson and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cresson 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 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 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 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 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 Cresson 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- Cresson) 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 Cresson 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 Cresson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4624, Longitude: -78.5897 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.723 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.785 degrees. |
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