Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lower Dutchtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Dutchtown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lower Dutchtown

• 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 Lower Dutchtown:
  • 40.417295, -78.629185
  • 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 Lower Dutchtown

• 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
  • Since Lower Dutchtown is near Blair County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Lower Dutchtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Dutchtown ...

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.

• Bens Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
• Fiddlers Green
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fiddlers Green is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
• Jamestown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jamestown is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• Miller Shaft
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Miller Shaft is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Shaft
• Munster
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Munster is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
• Oil City
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Oil City is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
• Plane Bank
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Plane Bank is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plane Bank
• Portage
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Portage is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,351 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portage <1>
• Puritan
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Puritan is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
• Redbird
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Redbird is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
• Shoemaker
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Shoemaker is located in Cambria County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker

How Far From Lower Dutchtown 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 Lower Dutchtown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lower Dutchtown and extending to:

• Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lower Dutchtown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'