Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Knobville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knobville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Knobville

• 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 Knobville:
  • 40.719513, -77.526940
  • 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 Knobville

• 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 Mifflin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
  • Since Knobville is near Centre County and also Juniata 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 Juniata 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 Knobville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Knobville ...

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.

• Belltown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Belltown is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
• Garden View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Garden View is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
• Honey
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Honey is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey
• Honey Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
• Locke Mills
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Locke Mills is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
• Lumber City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
• Mount Pleasant
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Paintersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
• Reedsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Reedsville is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reedsville <1>

How Far From Knobville to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Knobville and extending to:

• Lewistown, which is the Seat of Mifflin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Knobville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,430 miles [7,129.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'