Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lyleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lyleville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lyleville
- 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 Lyleville:
- 40.739096, -78.540555
- 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 Lyleville
- 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Since Lyleville is near Cambria County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lyleville ...
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.
- Bear Loop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Beaver Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Beaver Valley is located in Cambria County
- Blandburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Fallentimber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallentimber
- Fallentimber is located in Cambria County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallentimber <2>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fallentimber
- From Lyleville to Fallentimber
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Frugality
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Glasgow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Glen Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
- Glen Hope is located in Clearfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Glen Hope
- From Lyleville to Glen Hope
- Janesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Janesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Janesville is located in Clearfield County
- Longs Crossroad
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longs Crossroad have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossroad
- Longs Crossroad is located in Cambria County
- Rosebud
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosebud. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rosebud
- From Lyleville to Rosebud
- Smoke Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Utahville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utahville
- Utahville is located in Clearfield County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Utahville
- From Lyleville to Utahville
How Far From Lyleville 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 Lyleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lyleville and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lyleville to Clearfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,473 miles [7,198.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lyleville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clearfield County: www.clearfieldco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Lyleville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lyleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7391, Longitude: -78.5406 |
| <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 Lyleville 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 308.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.614 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.657 degrees. |