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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 Glen Richey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Richey 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 Glen Richey:
- 40.948266, -78.477060
- 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 Glen Richey
- 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Since Glen Richey is near Centre County and also Cambria 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 Cambria 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 Glen Richey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Richey ...
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.
- Boardman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boardman is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Booker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Booker is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Grampian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Kellytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kellytown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Krebs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Krebs is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Leonard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leonard is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Lumber City
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mascot ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Mineral Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
How Far From Glen Richey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Glen Richey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glen Richey and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Richey 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 160 miles [257.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,870 miles [9,446.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,462 miles [7,180.9 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 '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- Glen Richey) 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 Glen Richey 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 Glen Richey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9483, Longitude: -78.4771 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Richey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.622 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.547 degrees. |
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