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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 Maitland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maitland 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 Maitland:
    • 40.630628, -77.502771
    • 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 Maitland
  • 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 Maitland is near Juniata County and also Snyder 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 Snyder 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 Maitland

Communities Also Named Maitland ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Maitland.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Maitland is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Maitland [Clay County].
    • Colorado
      • Huerfano County
      • This Maitland is located in Huerfano County and lies 1,471 miles [2,367.3 km]<2> to the west of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huerfano County community of Maitland.
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • This Maitland is located in Orange County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Maitland.
    • Louisiana
      • Catahoula Parish
      • This Maitland is located in Catahoula Parish and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catahoula Parish community of Maitland.
    • Missouri
      • Holt County
      • This Maitland is located in Holt County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<2> to the west of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Maitland.
    • North Carolina
      • Sampson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Maitland [Sampson County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Maitland lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Maitland [Clark County].
      • Williams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Maitland [Williams County].
    • Ontario
      • This Maitland lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
    • South Dakota
      • Fall River County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Maitland [Fall River County].
      • Lawrence County
      • This Maitland is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Maitland.
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • This Maitland is located in McDowell County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Maitland that is located in Mifflin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Maitland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maitland ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Cuba Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuba Mills is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba Mills
  • Hawstone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hawstone is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawstone
  • Honey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Honey is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey
  • Honey Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
  • Knobville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Knobville is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobville
  • Lewistown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Locke Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Locke Mills is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
  • Lumber City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
  • Martins Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Martins Crossroads is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
  • Mount Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Rock is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
  • Paintersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
  • Reedsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockville is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville

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

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

  • Lewistown, which is the Seat of Mifflin County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Maitland to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 122 miles [196.3 km] to the south (S). 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 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,432 miles [7,132.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Maitland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maitland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Maitland 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 Maitland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6306, Longitude: -77.5028       In this case, the coordinates for Maitland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.049 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.889 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.235 degrees.