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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 Lamartine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamartine and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lamartine:
    • 41.22273, -79.634015
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lamartine
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Lamartine ...

We found five communities that share the name Lamartine.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Lamartine is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This Lamartine is located in Columbia County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamartine that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Lamartine.
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lamartine [Clear Creek County].
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lamartine [Carroll County].
    • Quebec
      • This Lamartine lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lamartine that is located in Clarion County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Lamartine is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamartine that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Lamartine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamartine ...

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.

  • Alum Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
    • Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
  • Beaver City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
    • Beaver City is located in Clarion County
  • Canoe Furnace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Furnace
    • Canoe Furnace is located in Clarion County
  • Elk City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
    • Elk City is located in Clarion County
  • Elmo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
    • Elmo is located in Clarion County
  • Fern
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
    • Fern is located in Clarion County
  • Foxburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Iron City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
    • Iron City is located in Clarion County
  • Maple Shade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
    • Maple Shade is located in Venango County
  • Mariasville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariasville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariasville
    • Mariasville is located in Venango County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mariasville <5>
  • Rockland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockland is located in Venango County
  • Sandy Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
    • Sandy Point is located in Butler County
  • Turkey City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
    • Turkey City is located in Clarion County
  • Turnip Hole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnip Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnip Hole
    • Turnip Hole is located in Clarion County

How Far From Lamartine 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 Lamartine to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Lamartine to Clarion, with an average speed<6> 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 157 miles [252.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 211 miles [339.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lamartine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clarion County: www.co.clarion.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lamartine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lamartine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2227, Longitude: -79.6340    
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lamartine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lamartine 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Lamartine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.319 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.419 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.969 degrees.









 

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