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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lumber City
- 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 Mifflin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
- Since Lumber City is near Juniata County and also Centre County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre 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 Lumber City
Communities Also Named Lumber City ...
We found two communities that are also named Lumber City.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that 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)
- Cedar Hill is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Garden View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garden View is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Hawstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hawstone is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawstone
- Honey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Honey is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey
- Honey Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Knobville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Knobville is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobville
- Lewistown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locke Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Locke Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Rock is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
- Reedsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Union Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Mills is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lumber City) 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 Lumber City 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 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). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.107 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.958 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.267 degrees. |
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