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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 Ebensburg Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ebensburg Junction 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 Ebensburg Junction:
- 40.498960, -78.661408
- 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 Ebensburg Junction
- 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Since Ebensburg Junction is near Blair County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Ebensburg Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ebensburg Junction ...
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.
- Bens Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Chest Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lower Dutchtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Dutchtown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dutchtown
- Munster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- New Germany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Germany is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
- Oil City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Plane Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plane Bank is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plane Bank
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shoemaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shoemaker is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Tripoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tripoli is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
- Tunnelhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Twenty Row
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Twenty Row is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Row
- Wildwood Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
How Far From Ebensburg Junction 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 Ebensburg Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ebensburg Junction and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ebensburg Junction 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 6 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,897 miles [9,490.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ebensburg Junction) 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 Ebensburg Junction 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 Ebensburg Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4990, Longitude: -78.6614 In this case, the coordinates for Ebensburg Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.764 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.679 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.803 degrees. |
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