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 French Settlement:
41.210912, -77.012745
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 French Settlement
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 Lycoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named French Settlement.
Within Pennsylvania, the name French Settlement is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Livingston Parish
This French Settlement is located in Livingston Parish and lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the southwest of the French Settlement that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston Parish community of French Settlement.
Maine
Penobscot County
This French Settlement is located in Penobscot County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the French Settlement that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of French Settlement.
Ontario
This French Settlement lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the north of the French Settlement that is located in Lycoming County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near French Settlement ...
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.
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 French Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in French Settlement and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from French Settlement to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,388 miles [7,061.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- French Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 French Settlement 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 French Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2109, Longitude: -77.0127 In this case, the coordinates for French Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.705 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.59 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.78 degrees.