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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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Eastville
  • 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 Eastville 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 Eastville

Communities Also Named Eastville ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Eastville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Eastville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located 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
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville
      • - Western Australia
      • Distance: 11,428 miles [18,391.6 km] to the west northwest
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville
    • England
      • Distance: 3,546 miles [5,706.7 km]<1> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Eastville

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)
    • Castle Rocks is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rocks
  • Glen Iron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Glen Iron is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Iron
  • Johnstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnstown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Laurel Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Park is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
  • Level Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Level Corner is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Corner
  • Oriole
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oriole is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
  • Oval
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oval is located in Lycoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oval
  • Pleasant Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Red Bank
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Bank is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • Shakespeare Club
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shakespeare Club is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare Club
  • Tannertown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tannertown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannertown
  • Wolfs Store
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
  • Youngdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Youngdale is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale

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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Eastville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Eastville 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 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).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.848 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.724 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.947 degrees.