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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 Lovely, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lovely 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 Lovely:
- 40.209522, -78.605018
- 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 Lovely
- 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 Lovely is near Somerset County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Lovely
Communities Also Named Lovely ...
We found one communities that are also named Lovely.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lovely is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Lovely in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Martin County
- This Lovely is located in Martin County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lovely that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Lovely.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lovely ...
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.
- Cessna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cessna is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Churchville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Cotton Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Crumb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crumb is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumb
- Fishertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fredericksburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Musselman Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Musselman Grove is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman Grove
- New Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Queen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Queen is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Spring Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Meadow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Springhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springhope is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhope
How Far From Lovely 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 Lovely to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lovely and extending to:
- Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lovely to Bedford, 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 91 miles [146.5 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 123 miles [197.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Lovely) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lovely 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 Lovely. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2095, Longitude: -78.6050 In this case, the coordinates for Lovely have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.748 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.615 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.889 degrees. |
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