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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 Marklesburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marklesburg 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 Marklesburg:
- 40.384291, -78.171602
- 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 Marklesburg
- 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 Huntingdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- Since Marklesburg 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 Marklesburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marklesburg ...
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.
- Beavertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beavertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Canoe Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canoe Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Creek
- Cherrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherrytown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Clappertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clappertown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clappertown
- Clover Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Furnace
- Salter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shelltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shelltown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelltown
- Trough Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trough Creek is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trough Creek
How Far From Marklesburg to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Marklesburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Marklesburg and extending to:
- Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Huntingdon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Marklesburg to Huntingdon, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Marklesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Marklesburg 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 Marklesburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3843, Longitude: -78.1716 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.473 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.331 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.629 degrees. |
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