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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 Lumber City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lumber City 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 Lumber City:
    • 40.660348, -77.600828
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lumber City
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Lumber City ...

We found two communities that share the name Lumber City.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Lumber City.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Lumber City in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Clearfield County
      • This Lumber City is located in Clearfield County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lumber City that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Lumber City.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Telfair County
      • This Lumber City is located in Telfair County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lumber City that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Telfair County community of Lumber City.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lumber City ...

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.

  • Cedar Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
    • Cedar Hill is located in Mifflin County
  • Garden View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
    • Garden View is located in Mifflin County
  • Hawstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawstone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawstone
    • Hawstone is located in Mifflin County
  • Honey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey
    • Honey is located in Mifflin County
  • Honey Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Honey Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
  • Knobville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knobville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobville
    • Knobville is located in Mifflin County
  • Lewistown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Locke Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locke Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
    • Locke Mills is located in Mifflin County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Mifflin County
  • Mount Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
    • Mount Rock is located in Mifflin County
  • Reedsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Union Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Union Mills is located in Mifflin County

How Far From Lumber City 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 Lumber City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lumber City and extending to:

  • Lewistown, which is the Seat of Mifflin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Lumber City to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 125 miles [201.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lumber City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Mifflin County: www.co.mifflin.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lumber City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lumber City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6603, Longitude: -77.6008       In this case, the coordinates for Lumber City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Lumber City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.107 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.958 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.267 degrees.




 

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