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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 Mountain Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake:
- 41.764282, -76.586627
- 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 Mountain Lake
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Mountain Lake is near Sullivan County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung 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 Mountain Lake
Communities Also Named Mountain Lake ...
We found six communities that are also named Mountain Lake.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mountain Lake is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk 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 Florida community of Mountain Lake [Polk County].
- Minnesota
- Cottonwood County
- This Mountain Lake is located in Cottonwood County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mountain Lake that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cottonwood County community of Mountain Lake.
- New Jersey
- Warren 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 New Jersey community of Mountain Lake [Warren County].
- Ontario
- This Mountain Lake lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mountain Lake that is located in Bradford County.
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Mountain Lake is located in Clarke County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Mountain Lake that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Mountain Lake.
- Giles County
- This Mountain Lake is located in Giles County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the southwest of the Mountain Lake that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Mountain Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Lake ...
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.
- Carbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hornbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hornbrook is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbrook
- Huffs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Huffs Corner is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Corner
- Kellogg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kellogg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Leroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leroy is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Long Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Luthers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mac
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mac is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
- Overshot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Overshot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
- Quarry Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quarry Glen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Glen
How Far From Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Lake and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Lake to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 199 miles [320.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mountain Lake 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mountain Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7643, Longitude: -76.5866 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.396 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.328 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.354 degrees. |
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