Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Old Clarendon:
  • 41.773949, -79.101709
  • 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 Old Clarendon

• 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
  • Since Old Clarendon is near McKean County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Old Clarendon

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Clarendon ...

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.

• Backup Corners
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Backup Corners is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backup Corners
• Elijah
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Elijah is located in McKean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah
• Hearts Content
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hearts Content is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Content
• Hemlock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hemlock is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
• Henrys Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
• Hermit Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
• Hoover
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoover is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
• Milltown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Milltown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Minister
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Minister is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minister
• Rogertown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rogertown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogertown
• Starbrick
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Starbrick is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbrick
• Truemans
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Truemans is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truemans

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Old Clarendon and extending to:

• Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Old Clarendon to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'