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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 Onnalinda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Onnalinda 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 Onnalinda:
    • 40.309520, -78.680019
    • 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 Onnalinda
  • 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
    • Since Onnalinda is near Bedford County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair 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 Onnalinda

Curious and Interesting Names Near Onnalinda ...

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.

  • Beaverdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
  • Bens Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
  • Blue Knob
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Knob is located in Blair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
  • Cassandra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cassandra is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Elton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fiddlers Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Fiddlers Green is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
  • Fishertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fishertown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishertown
  • Jamestown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jamestown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Lovely
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lovely is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
  • Lower Dutchtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lower Dutchtown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dutchtown
  • Miller Shaft
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Miller Shaft is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Shaft
  • Oil City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Oil City is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Plane Bank
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Plane Bank is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plane Bank
    • Portage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Puritan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Puritan is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
    • Redbird
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Redbird is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
    • Rockville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockville is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Shoemaker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Shoemaker is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
    • Summerhill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Onnalinda and extending to:

  • Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Onnalinda to Ebensburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the east (E). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Onnalinda) 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 Onnalinda 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 Onnalinda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3095, Longitude: -78.6800       In this case, the coordinates for Onnalinda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.787 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.676 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.884 degrees.