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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 German Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to German Settlement 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 German Settlement:
- 41.064780, -78.004727
- 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 German 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since German Settlement is near Clearfield County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 German Settlement
Communities Also Named German Settlement ...
We found five communities that are also named German Settlement.
Within Pennsylvania, the name German Settlement is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Nez Perce County
- This German Settlement is located in Nez Perce County and lies 1,935 miles [3,114.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the German Settlement that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nez Perce County community of German Settlement.
- Michigan
- Mason 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 Michigan community of German Settlement [Mason County].
- Missouri
- Butler County
- Although located in Butler County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of German Settlement.
- Nebraska
- Cherry County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cherry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of German Settlement.
- Ontario
- This German Settlement lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the north of the German Settlement that is located in Centre County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near German 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.
- Butts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Butts is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Cherry Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cherry Run is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Clarence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Drifting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drifting is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drifting
- Fountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fountain is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Old Side
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Side is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Side
- Pancake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pancake is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
- Poorman Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poorman Side is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorman Side
- Snow Shoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spruce is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
How Far From German Settlement 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 German Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in German Settlement and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from German Settlement to Bellefonte, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,437 miles [7,140.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- German Settlement) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 German Settlement 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about German Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 German 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 German Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0648, Longitude: -78.0047 In this case, the coordinates for German Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.324 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.267 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.287 degrees. |
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