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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 Kerr, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kerr 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 Kerr:
    • 41.033668, -78.423076
    • 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 Kerr
  • 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 Kerr is near Centre County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elk 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 Kerr

Communities Also Named Kerr ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Kerr.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Kerr.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kerr [Allegheny County].
    • Armstrong County
      • This Kerr is located in Armstrong County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Kerr.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lonoke County
      • This Kerr is located in Lonoke County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Kerr.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Kerr is located in Saint Louis County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Kerr.
    • Mississippi
      • Choctaw County
      • This Kerr is located in Choctaw County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Kerr.
    • Missouri
      • Caldwell County
      • This Kerr is located in Caldwell County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<2> to the west of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Kerr.
    • Montana
      • Lake County
      • This Kerr is located in Lake County and lies 1,807 miles [2,908.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Kerr.
    • North Carolina
      • Sampson County
      • This Kerr is located in Sampson County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<2> to the south of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Kerr.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Kerr is located in Gallia County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Kerr.
      • Monroe County
      • This Kerr is located in Monroe County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the west southwest of the Kerr that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Kerr.
    • Texas
      • Williamson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kerr [Williamson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kerr ...

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.

  • Dale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Dale is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Eden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eden is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Egypt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Egypt is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Krebs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Krebs is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
  • Leonard
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Leonard is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Mineral Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Mount Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hope is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Mount Joy
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Needful
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Needful is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needful
  • Pine Top
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Top is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
  • Riverview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverview is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Spring Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Surveyor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Surveyor is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor

How Far From Kerr to ...

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 Kerr to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kerr and extending to:

  • Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Kerr to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Kerr 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Kerr) 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 Kerr 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 Kerr. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0337, Longitude: -78.4231       In this case, the coordinates for Kerr have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.583 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.556 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.489 degrees.