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 Jerome:
40.208965, -78.983637
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.
We found 22 communities that share the name Jerome.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Jerome is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yavapai County
This Jerome is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,842 miles [2,964.4 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Jerome.
Arkansas
Drew County
This Jerome is located in Drew County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Jerome.
California
Siskiyou County
This Jerome is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,221 miles [3,574.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Jerome.
Florida
Collier County
This Jerome is located in Collier County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<1> to the south of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collier County community of Jerome.
Georgia
Heard County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jerome [Heard County].
Idaho
Jerome County
This Jerome is located in Jerome County and lies 1,833 miles [2,949.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jerome County community of Jerome.
Illinois
Sangamon County
This Jerome is located in Sangamon County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Jerome.
Indiana
Howard County
This Jerome is located in Howard County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Jerome.
Iowa
Appanoose County
This Jerome is located in Appanoose County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Jerome.
Kansas
Atchison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jerome [Atchison County].
Gove County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jerome [Gove County].
Rawlins County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jerome [Rawlins County].
Michigan
Hillsdale County
This Jerome is located in Hillsdale County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Jerome.
Missouri
Phelps County
This Jerome is located in Phelps County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Jerome.
North Carolina
Bladen County
This Jerome is located in Bladen County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the south of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Jerome.
Johnston County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jerome [Johnston County].
Ohio
Union County
This Jerome is located in Union County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the west of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Jerome.
Ontario
This Jerome lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
Virginia
Shenandoah County
This Jerome is located in Shenandoah County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the south of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Jerome.
West Virginia
Morgan County
This Jerome is located in Morgan County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Jerome.
Wisconsin
Rusk County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Jerome [Rusk County].
Wyoming
Weston County
This Jerome is located in Weston County and lies 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Jerome that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weston County community of Jerome.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jerome ...
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.
Coal Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ferndale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
Jenners Crossroads (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jenners Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Jerome to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jerome and extending to:
Somerset, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jerome to Somerset, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,513 miles [7,263 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Jerome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jerome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2090, Longitude: -78.9836 In this case, the coordinates for Jerome have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Jerome 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Jerome to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.978 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.877 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.057 degrees.