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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 Little Jack Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Jack Corners 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 Little Jack Corners:
    • 40.157857, -78.356125
    • 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 Little Jack Corners
  • 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Since Little Jack Corners is near Huntingdon County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair 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 Little Jack Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Jack Corners ...

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.

  • Cypher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypher is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypher
  • Defiance
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Defiance is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
  • Dutch Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dutch Corner is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corner
  • Foreman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Foreman is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman
  • Jerkwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jerkwater is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerkwater
  • Marble City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marble City is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City
  • Maria
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Maria is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
  • Marysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marysville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • New Enterprise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Riddlesburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Riddlesburg is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddlesburg
    • Stone Row
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Stone Row is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Row
    • Stonerstown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stonerstown is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonerstown
    • Sunny Side
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sunny Side is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
    • Texas Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Texas Corner is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Corner
    • Yellow Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Yellow Creek is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

How Far From Little Jack Corners 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 Little Jack Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Jack Corners and extending to:

  • Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Jack Corners to Bedford, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east (E). 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 111 miles [178.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,899 miles [9,493.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Jack Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Little Jack Corners 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 Little Jack Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1579, Longitude: -78.3561       In this case, the coordinates for Little Jack Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.60 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.439 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.798 degrees.