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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 Goods Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goods Corner 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 Goods Corner:
- 40.372018, -78.879191
- 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 Goods Corner
- 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 Goods Corner is near Indiana County and also Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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 Goods Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goods Corner ...
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.
- Cassandra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Cover Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cover Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cover Hill
- Daisytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Echo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Echo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Franklin is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Mineral Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Minersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Minersville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Parkhill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parkhill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
- Parkstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parkstown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Stonycreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stonycreek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycreek
- Walnut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Goods Corner 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 Goods Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Goods Corner and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Goods Corner to Ebensburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 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 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 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- Goods Corner) 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 Goods Corner 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 Goods Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3720, Longitude: -78.8792 In this case, the coordinates for Goods Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.905 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.819 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.949 degrees. |
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