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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 Cross Keys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cross Keys 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 Cross Keys:
    • 40.357858, -77.703603
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cross Keys
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cross Keys ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Cross Keys.

There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Cross Keys.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Adams County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Adams County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Cross Keys.
    • Blair County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Blair County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Cross Keys.
    • Bucks County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Bucks County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the east of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Cross Keys.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Macon County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Macon County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Cross Keys.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Sussex County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Cross Keys.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Bibb County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Cross Keys.
      • DeKalb 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 Georgia community of Cross Keys [DeKalb County].
    • Louisiana
      • Tensas Parish
      • This Cross Keys is located in Tensas Parish and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Cross Keys.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Saint Louis County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Cross Keys.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Gloucester County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Cross Keys.
    • Ohio
      • Monroe County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cross Keys [Monroe County].
    • Oregon
      • Crook 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 Oregon community of Cross Keys [Crook County].
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Union County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Cross Keys.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson 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 Tennessee community of Cross Keys [Williamson County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Rockingham County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Cross Keys.
      • Southampton County
      • This Cross Keys is located in Southampton County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the south of the Cross Keys that is located in Juniata County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Cross Keys.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cross Keys ...

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.

  • Honey Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Grove
    • Honey Grove is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honey Grove <5>
  • Little Kansas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kansas
    • Little Kansas is located in Mifflin County
  • Longfellow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
    • Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
  • Lucy Furnace
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucy Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Furnace
    • Lucy Furnace is located in Mifflin County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Perry County
  • Peru Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
    • Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
  • Reeds Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
    • Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
  • Spears Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spears Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Grove
    • Spears Grove is located in Juniata County
  • Stony Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Perry County
  • Vineyard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vineyard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
    • Vineyard is located in Mifflin County

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

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

  • Mifflintown, which is the Seat of Juniata County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cross Keys to Mifflintown, with an average speed<6> 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 most of a day.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,863 miles [9,435.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cross Keys. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Juniata County: www.co.juniata.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Keys) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cross Keys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3579, Longitude: -77.7036       In this case, the coordinates for Cross Keys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Cross Keys 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cross Keys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Cross Keys to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.191 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.007 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.433 degrees.




 

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