Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Union, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Union and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Union
- 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 Mount Union:
- 40.385502, -77.882029
- 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 Mount Union
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- Since Mount Union is near Mifflin County and also Juniata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
- eBird sighting report for Juniata 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount Union ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mount Union.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Mount Union.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Franklin County
- This Mount Union is located in Franklin County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Mount Union.
- Franklin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- This Mount Union is located in Conecuh County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Mount Union.
- Iowa
- Henry County
- This Mount Union is located in Henry County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Mount Union.
- Kansas
- Pottawatomie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Union [Pottawatomie County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Union [Allen County].
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- This Mount Union is located in Union Parish and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Mount Union.
- Ohio
- Holmes County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Union [Holmes County].
- Stark County
- This Mount Union is located in Stark County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Mount Union.
- Tennessee
- Jackson County
- This Mount Union is located in Jackson County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Mount Union.
- Pickett County
- This Mount Union is located in Pickett County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the west southwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickett County community of Mount Union.
- Texas
- Jasper County
- This Mount Union is located in Jasper County and lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Mount Union.
- Virginia
- Botetourt County
- This Mount Union is located in Botetourt County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mount Union that is located in Huntingdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Mount Union.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Union ...
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.
- Birdville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Cold Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Huntingdon County
- Cross Keys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Keys have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Cross Keys is located in Juniata County
- Little Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kansas
- Little Kansas is located in Mifflin County
- Lucy Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucy Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Furnace
- Lucy Furnace is located in Mifflin County
- Page ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Peru Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Rockhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Rockhill is located in Huntingdon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Rockhill has also been known as:
- Rockhill Furnace
- Vineyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Mount Union 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 Mount Union to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Union and extending to:
- Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Huntingdon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Union to Huntingdon, with an average speed<5> 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,458 miles [7,174.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Union. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Huntingdon County: www.huntingdoncounty.net/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Union) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Union. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3855, Longitude: -77.8820 |
| <2> | 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 Mount Union 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. |
| <3> | 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 Mount Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mount Union to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.297 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.131 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.501 degrees. |