Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Custer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Custer and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Custer
- 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 Custer:
- 40.741526, -75.638090
- 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 Custer
- 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 Lehigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Since Custer is near Northampton County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- eBird sighting report for Carbon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Custer ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Custer.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Custer.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Beaver 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 Oklahoma community of Custer [Beaver County].
- Custer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Custer [Custer County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Custer is located in Pierce County and lies 2,336 miles [3,759.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Custer that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Custer.
- Whatcom County
- This Custer is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,330 miles [3,749.8 km] to the west northwest of the Custer that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Custer.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Custer ...
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.
- Apps
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Best Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Best Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Station
- Best Station is located in Lehigh County
- Emerald
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Germansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germansville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germansville
- Germansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germansville <5>
- Harpers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Hazard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Indianland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianland
- Indianland is located in Northampton County
- Jordan Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Valley
- Jordan Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Lizard Creek Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lizard Creek Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizard Creek Junction
- Lizard Creek Junction is located in Carbon County
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Peters Store
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Store
- Peters Store is located in Lehigh County
- Pleasant Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Pleasant Corners is located in Lehigh County
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- Rising Sun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rising Sun have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- River View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- River View is located in Lehigh County
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Slate Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Slate Valley is located in Northampton County
- Slatedale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Trout Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
- Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Lehigh County
- Rising Sun
How Far From Custer 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 Custer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Custer and extending to:
- Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Custer to Allentown, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Custer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lehigh County: www.lehighcounty.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Custer 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> | 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 Custer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Custer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Custer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7415, Longitude: -75.6381 In this case, the coordinates for Custer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Custer 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 306.914 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.621 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.365 degrees. |