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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 Loschs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loschs 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 Loschs:
- 40.644526, -77.145539
- 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 Loschs
- 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 Juniata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
- Since Loschs is near Perry County and also Snyder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder 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 Loschs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Loschs ...
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.
- Beaver Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
- Beavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goodville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodville is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodville
- Maze
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maze is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze
- Oriental
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oriental is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
- Reward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Seven Stars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Stony Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stony Run is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
How Far From Loschs 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 Loschs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Loschs and extending to:
- Mifflintown, which is the Seat of Juniata County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loschs to Mifflintown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,416 miles [7,106.9 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 from Point A (ie- Loschs) 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 Loschs 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 Loschs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6445, Longitude: -77.1455 In this case, the coordinates for Loschs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.832 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.644 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.071 degrees. |
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