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 Juniata:
40.008446, -75.108786
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 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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eleven communities that share the name Juniata.
There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Juniata.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Blair County
This Juniata is located in Blair County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Juniata that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Juniata.
Fayette County
This Juniata is located in Fayette County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west of the Juniata that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Juniata.
Perry 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 Pennsylvania community of Juniata [Perry County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Juniata [Pueblo County].
Iowa
Buena Vista County
This Juniata is located in Buena Vista County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Juniata that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buena Vista County community of Juniata.
Kansas
Lane 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 Juniata [Lane County].
Lincoln County
This Juniata is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the west of the Juniata that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Juniata.
Pottawatomie 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 Juniata [Pottawatomie County].
Michigan
Tuscola County
This Juniata is located in Tuscola County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Juniata that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Juniata.
Nebraska
Adams County
This Juniata is located in Adams County and lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<1> to the west of the Juniata that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Juniata.
North Carolina
Surry 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 Juniata [Surry County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Juniata ...
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.
Branchtown ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Juniata to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Juniata and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Juniata to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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- Juniata) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Juniata. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0084, Longitude: -75.1088 In this case, the coordinates for Juniata 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Juniata 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 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.
<5>
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 Juniata to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.666 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.224 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.447 degrees.