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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 Earnestville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earnestville 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 Earnestville:
    • 40.849225, -78.283071
    • 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 Earnestville
  • 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 Earnestville is near Clearfield County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair 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 Earnestville

Communities Also Named Earnestville ...

We found three communities that are also named Earnestville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Earnestville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco 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 Florida community of Earnestville [Pasco County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lee 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 Earnestville [Lee County].
    • Missouri
      • Dallas County
      • This Earnestville is located in Dallas County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<2> to the west of the Earnestville that is located in Centre County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Earnestville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Earnestville ...

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.

  • Cuba Mines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuba Mines is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba Mines
  • Glass City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glass City is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
  • Graham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Graham is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Parsonsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
  • Sandy Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
  • Scotch Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Scotch Hollow is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hollow
  • Spike Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Spike Island is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
  • Stumptown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Stumptown is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

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

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

  • Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Earnestville to Bellefonte, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 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>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 Earnestville 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Earnestville) 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 Earnestville 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 Earnestville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8492, Longitude: -78.2831       In this case, the coordinates for Earnestville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.51 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.444 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.498 degrees.