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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 Greenburr, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenburr 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 Greenburr:
- 41.005660, -77.354509
- 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 Greenburr
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Greenburr is near Centre County and also Union 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 Union 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 Greenburr
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenburr ...
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.
- Castle Rocks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Rocks is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rocks
- Cedar Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Draketown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Draketown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Dunnstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Lock Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Pardee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pardee is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Shakespeare Club
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shakespeare Club is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare Club
- Spring Bank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Bank is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bank
- Wolfs Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Youngdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Greenburr 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 Greenburr to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greenburr and extending to:
- Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenburr to Lock Haven, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 146 miles [235 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 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- Greenburr) 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 Greenburr 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 Greenburr. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0057, Longitude: -77.3545 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.93 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.813 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.018 degrees. |
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