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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 Eastville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eastville 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 Eastville:
    • 41.035629, -77.223024
    • 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 Eastville
  • 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 Eastville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Eastville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Eastville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

In addition to the above occurrences of Eastville, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Oconee County
      • This Eastville is located in Oconee County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eastville that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Eastville.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot 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 Maine community of Eastville [Penobscot County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Dukes County
      • This Eastville is located in Dukes County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the east of the Eastville that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dukes County community of Eastville.
      • Plymouth County
      • This Eastville is located in Plymouth County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east northeast of the Eastville that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Eastville.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Eastville is located in Callaway County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the west of the Eastville that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Eastville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Eastville lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastville that is located in Clinton County.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Eastville.
    • Virginia
      • Northampton County
      • This Eastville is located in Northampton County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eastville that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Eastville.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • - Victoria
      • Distance: 10,220 miles [16,447.5 km]<1> to the west
      • - Western Australia
      • Distance: 11,428 miles [18,391.6 km] to the west northwest
    • England
      • Distance: 3,546 miles [5,706.7 km]<1> to the northeast

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastville ...

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.

  • Castle Rocks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rocks
    • Castle Rocks is located in Clinton County
  • Glen Iron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
    • Glen Iron is located in Union County
  • Johnstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
    • Johnstown is located in Union County
  • Laurel Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
    • Laurel Park is located in Union County
  • Level Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Corner
    • Level Corner is located in Lycoming County
  • Oriole
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriole have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
    • Oriole is located in Lycoming County
  • Oval
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oval have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval
    • Oval is located in Lycoming County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Union County
  • Red Bank
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
    • Red Bank is located in Union County
  • Shakespeare Club
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakespeare Club have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare Club
    • Shakespeare Club is located in Centre County
  • Tannertown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tannertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannertown
    • Tannertown is located in Union County
  • Wolfs Store
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolfs Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
    • Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
  • Youngdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
    • Youngdale is located in Clinton County

How Far From Eastville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Eastville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Eastville to Lock Haven, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,815 miles [9,358.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

The official website for Clinton County: www.clintoncountypa.com/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eastville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0356, Longitude: -77.2230       In this case, the coordinates for Eastville 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Eastville 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Eastville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.848 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.724 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.947 degrees.









 

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