Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Langdon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langdon and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Langdon
- 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 Langdon:
- 41.517854, -76.949965
- 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 Langdon
- 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 Lycoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
- Since Langdon is near Tioga County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- eBird sighting report for Bradford 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Langdon ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Langdon.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Langdon.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Erie County
- Luzerne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Langdon lies 1,848 miles [2,974.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- This Langdon is located in Crawford County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the west of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Langdon.
- Reno County
- This Langdon is located in Reno County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km] to the west of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reno County community of Langdon.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- This Langdon lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
- Oregon
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Langdon ...
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.
- Buttonwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Buttonwood is located in Lycoming County
- Dogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Gray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - House Landing Strip
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for House Landing Strip have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Landing Strip
- House Landing Strip is located in Tioga County
- Kellyburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Maple Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Summit
- Maple Summit is located in Sullivan County
- Marsh Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marsh Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Hill
- Marsh Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Roaring Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Branch
- Roaring Branch is located in Lycoming County
- Union Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Tioga County
How Far From Langdon 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 Langdon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Langdon and extending to:
- Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Langdon to Williamsport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,783 miles [9,306.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Langdon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lycoming County: www.lyco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Langdon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Langdon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5179, Longitude: -76.9500 In this case, the coordinates for Langdon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Langdon, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Langdon 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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Langdon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.641 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.566 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.624 degrees. |