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 Johnsburg:
39.869527, -78.843355
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 Johnsburg
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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Johnsburg.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Johnsburg is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
McHenry County
This Johnsburg is located in McHenry County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnsburg that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Johnsburg.
Indiana
Dubois County
This Johnsburg is located in Dubois County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Johnsburg that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Johnsburg.
Minnesota
Mower County
This Johnsburg is located in Mower County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnsburg that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Johnsburg.
New York
Warren County
This Johnsburg is located in Warren County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Johnsburg that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Johnsburg.
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac County
This Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnsburg that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Johnsburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnsburg ...
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.
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 Johnsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnsburg and extending to:
Somerset, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Johnsburg to Somerset, with an average speed<3> 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 107 miles [172.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 117 miles [188.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,931 miles [9,545 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,520 miles [7,274.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Johnsburg 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 Johnsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8695, Longitude: -78.8434 In this case, the coordinates for Johnsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.912 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.75 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.122 degrees.