Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Heverly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heverly and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Heverly

• 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 Heverly:
  • 40.741729, -78.502244
  • 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 Heverly

• 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 Heverly is near Cambria County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair 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 Heverly

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heverly ...

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.

• Bear Loop
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bear Loop is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Loop
• Blandburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blandburg is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandburg
• Fallentimber
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fallentimber is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallentimber
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallentimber <1>
• Frugality
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Frugality is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frugality
• Glasgow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Glasgow is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
• Glen Hope
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
• Janesville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Janesville is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
• Longs Crossroad
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Longs Crossroad is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossroad
• Lyleville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
• Rosebud
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
• Smoke Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smoke Run is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Run
• Utahville
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Utahville is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville

How Far From Heverly 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 Heverly to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heverly and extending to:

• Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Heverly to Clearfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 149 miles [239.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,880 miles [9,462.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'