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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 East Ferney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Ferney 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 East Ferney:
- 41.196179, -77.554428
- 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 East Ferney
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since East Ferney is near Centre County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 East Ferney
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Ferney ...
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.
- Bear Swamp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Swamp is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Swamp
- Cedar Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Draketown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Draketown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Dunnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Gallagher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gallagher is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
- Glen Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Union is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Union
- Lock Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lockport is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Queens Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Queens Run is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Run
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sunset Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Pines is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Pines
How Far From East Ferney 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 East Ferney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Ferney and extending to:
- Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from East Ferney 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 4 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 161 miles [259.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Ferney) 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 East Ferney 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 East Ferney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1962, Longitude: -77.5544 In this case, the coordinates for East Ferney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.038 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.964 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.031 degrees. |
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