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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 Maze, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maze 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 Maze:
    • 40.612303, -77.195541
    • 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 Maze
  • 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 Juniata County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
    • Since Maze is near Perry County and also Snyder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Maze

Communities Also Named Maze ...

We found one communities that are also named Maze.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Maze is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Wayne 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 Nebraska community of Maze [Wayne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maze ...

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.

  • Beaver Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Springs is located in Snyder County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
  • Beavertown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Centerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Centre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Centre is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre
  • Goodville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Goodville is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodville
  • Little Roundtop
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Little Roundtop is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Roundtop
  • Locust Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Run is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Run
  • Mexico
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mexico is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
  • Reward
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Reward is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
  • Roundtop
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Roundtop is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
  • Seven Stars
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
  • Stony Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stony Run is located in Juniata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Maze and extending to:

  • Mifflintown, which is the Seat of Juniata County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Maze to Mifflintown, with an average speed<4> 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 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 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,419 miles [7,111.7 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 Maze 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Maze) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Maze 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 Maze. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6123, Longitude: -77.1955       In this case, the coordinates for Maze have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.864 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.676 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.106 degrees.