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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 Hollentown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hollentown 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 Hollentown:
- 40.689786, -78.464742
- 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 Hollentown
- 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 Hollentown is near Clearfield County and also Blair 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 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 Hollentown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hollentown ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Loop is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Loop
- Beaver Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Valley is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Blandburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blandburg is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandburg
- Dean
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dean is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
- Fallentimber
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Frugality
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frugality is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frugality
- Glasgow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Highland Fling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Janesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Janesville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lloydville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Longs Crossroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Longs Crossroad is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossroad
- Lyleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Rosebud
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Tippletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tippletown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippletown
- Utahville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
How Far From Hollentown 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 Hollentown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hollentown and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hollentown to Ebensburg, 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 87 miles [140 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 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>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hollentown) 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 Hollentown 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 Hollentown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6898, Longitude: -78.4647 In this case, the coordinates for Hollentown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.632 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.558 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.642 degrees. |
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