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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 Huntley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huntley 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 Huntley:
- 41.371451, -78.158298
- 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 Huntley
- 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 Cameron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron County
- Since Huntley is near Elk County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Huntley
Communities Also Named Huntley ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Huntley.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Huntley.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Clearfield County
- This Huntley is located in Clearfield County and lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Huntley.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Joaquin County
- This Huntley is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,268 miles [3,650 km]<1> to the west of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Huntley.
- Delaware
- Kent County
- This Huntley is located in Kent County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Huntley.
- Illinois
- McHenry County
- This Huntley is located in McHenry County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Huntley.
- Minnesota
- Faribault County
- This Huntley is located in Faribault County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of Huntley.
- Mississippi
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Huntley [Jefferson County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Huntley [Saint Louis County].
- Montana
- Yellowstone County
- This Huntley is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,528 miles [2,459.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Huntley.
- Nebraska
- Harlan County
- This Huntley is located in Harlan County and lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<1> to the west of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Huntley.
- North Carolina
- Sampson County
- This Huntley is located in Sampson County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the south of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Huntley.
- Ontario
- This Huntley lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Huntley lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- Washington
- Whitman County
- This Huntley is located in Whitman County and lies 1,966 miles [3,164 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Huntley.
- Wyoming
- Goshen County
- This Huntley is located in Goshen County and lies 1,336 miles [2,150.1 km]<1> to the west of the Huntley that is located in Cameron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goshen County community of Huntley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huntley ...
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 Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Castle Garden is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
- Dents Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Driftwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emporium
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- First Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- First Fork is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
- Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hicks Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hicks Run is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Run
- Howard Siding
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howard Siding is located in Cameron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Siding
- Mix Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Huntley 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 Huntley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Huntley and extending to:
- Emporium, which is the Seat of Cameron County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Huntley to Emporium, with an average speed<5> 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,838 miles [9,395.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,432 miles [7,132.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Huntley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Huntley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Huntley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Huntley 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 Huntley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3715, Longitude: -78.1583 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.395 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.396 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.235 degrees. |
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