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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 Ore Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ore Hill 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 Ore Hill:
- 40.293687, -78.400847
- 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 Ore Hill
- 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 Blair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Since Ore Hill is near Bedford County and also Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon 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 Ore Hill
Communities Also Named Ore Hill ...
We found two communities that are also named Ore Hill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ore Hill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- This Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ore Hill that is located in Blair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Ore Hill.
- North Carolina
- Chatham 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 North Carolina community of Ore Hill [Chatham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ore Hill ...
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.
- Claysburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Curryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Curryville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Friesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Friesville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesville
- Henrietta
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Henrietta is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- King
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Maria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- Martinsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Martinsburg Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Musselman Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Musselman Grove is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman Grove
- Roaring Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rodman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rodman is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
How Far From Ore Hill 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 Ore Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ore Hill and extending to:
- Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Ore Hill to Hollidaysburg, with an average speed<4> 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 80 miles [128.7 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 120 miles [193.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ore Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Ore Hill 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ore Hill 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 Ore Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2937, Longitude: -78.4008 In this case, the coordinates for Ore Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.618 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.481 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.766 degrees. |
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