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

When in Moreland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moreland 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 Moreland:
    • 41.189250, -76.652177
    • 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 Moreland
  • 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

Communities Also Named Moreland ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Moreland.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Moreland is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Winston County
      • This Moreland is located in Winston County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Moreland.
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Yavapai County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Moreland.
    • Arkansas
      • Pope County
      • This Moreland is located in Pope County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Moreland.
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Moreland [Santa Clara County].
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • This Moreland is located in Coweta County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Moreland.
    • Idaho
      • Bingham County
      • This Moreland is located in Bingham County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bingham County community of Moreland.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Moreland is located in Cook County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the west of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Moreland.
    • Kentucky
      • Lincoln County
      • This Moreland is located in Lincoln County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Moreland.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Moreland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Moreland.
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Moreland is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km] to the west southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Moreland.
    • New York
      • Schuyler County
      • This Moreland is located in Schuyler County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the north of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Moreland.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Moreland is located in Stark County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the west of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Moreland.
      • Wayne County
      • This Moreland is located in Wayne County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km] to the west of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Moreland.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Moreland lies 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Moreland is located in Berkeley County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Moreland.
      • Charleston County
      • This Moreland is located in Charleston County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km] to the south southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Moreland.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Moreland [Navarro County].
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Moreland is located in Stafford County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Moreland that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Moreland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moreland ...

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 Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
    • Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
  • Biggerstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
    • Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
  • Chestnut Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Lycoming County
  • Clarkstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
    • Clarkstown is located in Lycoming County
  • Exchange
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
    • Exchange is located in Montour County
  • Five Points
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Northumberland County
  • Frenchtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Frenchtown is located in Lycoming County
  • Lime Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Bluff
    • Lime Bluff is located in Lycoming County
  • Pine Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Summit
    • Pine Summit is located in Columbia County
  • Strawberry Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Ridge
    • Strawberry Ridge is located in Montour County
  • Turbotville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turbotville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turbotville
    • Turbotville is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turbotville <5>
  • Unityville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moreland to Williamsport, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,785 miles [9,310.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Moreland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lycoming County: www.lyco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moreland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moreland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1893, Longitude: -76.6522       In this case, the coordinates for Moreland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Moreland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Moreland 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Moreland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.487 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.34 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.627 degrees.









 

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