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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 Laborde, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laborde 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 Laborde:
- 41.025710, -78.654289
- 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 Laborde
- 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 Laborde is near Jefferson County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Laborde
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laborde ...
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.
- Bells Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bells Landing is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Landing
- Chestnut Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Curry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grampian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Home Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Home Camp is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Camp
- Irishtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Irishtown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Lumber City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Narrows Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Narrows Creek is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
- Oklahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oklahoma is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Sandy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Troutville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Laborde to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Laborde to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Laborde and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Laborde to Clearfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 170 miles [273.6 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 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Laborde) 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 Laborde 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 Laborde. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0257, Longitude: -78.6543 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.726 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.716 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.597 degrees. |
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