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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ebensburg 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 Ebensburg:
    • 40.485200, -78.724946
    • 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
  • 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 is near Indiana County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Ebensburg

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ebensburg ...

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 southeast)
  • Blue Goose
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Goose is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
  • Chest Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Concrete Bridge Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Edwards Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwards Crossing is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
  • Fiddlers Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddlers Green is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
  • Jamestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamestown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Lower Dutchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Dutchtown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dutchtown
  • Miller Shaft
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Miller Shaft is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Shaft
  • Munster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • New Germany
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • New Germany is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
  • Oil City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Oil City is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Plane Bank
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Plane Bank is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plane Bank
    • Portage
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Redbird
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Redbird is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
    • Shoemaker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Shoemaker is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
    • Summerhill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tripoli
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tripoli is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
    • Twenty Row
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Twenty Row is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Row
    • Twin Rocks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs

How Far From Ebensburg 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 Ebensburg 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 and extending to:

  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ebensburg 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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 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 5,900 miles [9,495.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,491 miles [7,227.6 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 from Point A (ie- Ebensburg) 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4852, Longitude: -78.7249    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.804 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.722 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.837 degrees.