Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McMinns Summit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McMinns Summit and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McMinns Summit

• 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 McMinns Summit:
  • 41.202839, -78.775307
  • 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 McMinns Summit

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since McMinns Summit is near Clearfield County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Elk 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 McMinns Summit

Curious and Interesting Names Near McMinns Summit ...

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.

• Cartwright
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cartwright is located in Elk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
• Clear Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Clear Run is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Run
• Erie Junction
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Erie Junction is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie Junction
• Falls Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Falls Creek is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falls Creek <1>
• Harveys Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Harveys Run is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Run
• Lanes Mills
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
• Red Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
• Rockdale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
• Treasure Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McMinns Summit and extending to:

• Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from McMinns Summit to Brookville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 183 miles [294.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,871 miles [9,448.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,465 miles [7,185.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'