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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 Irvona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irvona 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 Irvona:
- 40.775228, -78.552612
- 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 Irvona
- 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 Irvona 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 Irvona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irvona ...
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.
- Fallentimber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 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 northeast)
- Janesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Janesville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Longs Crossroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Longs Crossroad is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossroad
- Lyleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosebud
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smoke Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smoke Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Run
- Utahville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Irvona 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 Irvona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Irvona and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Irvona 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 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 152 miles [244.6 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 4,472 miles [7,197 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' (or 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- Irvona) 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 Irvona 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 Irvona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7752, Longitude: -78.5526 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.68 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.626 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.648 degrees. |
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