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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 Mowry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mowry 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 Mowry:
    • 41.060058, -78.140565
    • 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 Mowry
  • 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Since Mowry is near Centre County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Mowry

Communities Also Named Mowry ...

We found six communities that are also named Mowry.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Mowry.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Schuylkill County
      • This Mowry is located in Schuylkill County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mowry that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Mowry.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Santa Cruz County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Mowry [Santa Cruz County].
    • Idaho
      • Benewah County
      • This Mowry is located in Benewah County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mowry that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benewah County community of Mowry.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Mowry is located in Frederick County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mowry that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Mowry.
    • Oregon
      • Crook 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 Oregon community of Mowry [Crook County].
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley 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 South Carolina community of Mowry [Berkeley County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mowry ...

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.

  • Casanova
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Casanova is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
  • Cherry Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Run is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
  • Coaldale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coaldale is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
  • Dale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Drifting
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Drifting is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drifting
  • Frenchville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Frenchville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
  • Gallows Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Gallows Harbor is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Harbor
  • German Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • German Settlement is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Grassflat
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Grassflat is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassflat
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Oak Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Palestine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Palestine is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
    • Piper
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Piper is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
    • Pleasant Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pottersdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pottersdale is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersdale
    • Rolling Stone
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rolling Stone is located in Clearfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Stone

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

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

  • Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mowry to Clearfield, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 160 miles [257.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,851 miles [9,416.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Mowry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mowry, 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 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 Mowry 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>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 Mowry 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 Mowry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0601, Longitude: -78.1406       In this case, the coordinates for Mowry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.407 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.361 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.35 degrees.