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.
We found eighteen communities that are also named Langdon.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Langdon.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of sixteen communities that are located 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
This Langdon is located in Erie County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Langdon.
Luzerne County
This Langdon is located in Luzerne County and lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Langdon.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cherokee 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 Alabama community of Langdon [Cherokee County].
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
Meriwether County
This Langdon is located in Meriwether County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Langdon.
Indiana
Jackson 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 Indiana community of Langdon [Jackson County].
Iowa
Clay County
This Langdon is located in Clay County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Langdon.
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
Washington County
This Langdon is located in Washington County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Langdon.
Missouri
Atchison 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 Missouri community of Langdon [Atchison County].
New Hampshire
Sullivan County
This Langdon is located in Sullivan County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Langdon.
New York
Broome County
This Langdon is located in Broome County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Langdon.
North Carolina
Rockingham 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 North Carolina community of Langdon [Rockingham County].
North Dakota
Cavalier County
This Langdon is located in Cavalier County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cavalier County community of Langdon.
Ontario
This Langdon lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
Oregon
Douglas County
This Langdon is located in Douglas County and lies 2,357 miles [3,793.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Langdon.
Washington
Walla Walla County
This Langdon is located in Walla Walla County and lies 2,063 miles [3,320.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langdon that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Langdon.
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.
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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
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).<7>
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).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Langdon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 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>
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.
<5>
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.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).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.641 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.566 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.624 degrees.