Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Overlook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Overlook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Overlook
- 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 Overlook:
- 40.820086, -76.574958
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Overlook
- 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 Northumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Since Overlook is near Columbia County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Overlook ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Overlook.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Overlook.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Autauga County
- This Overlook is located in Autauga County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Autauga County community of Overlook.
- Jackson County
- This Overlook is located in Jackson County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the southwest of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Overlook.
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Overlook [Mobile County].
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fayette County
- This Overlook is located in Fayette County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Overlook.
- Gwinnett County
- This Overlook is located in Gwinnett County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the southwest of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Overlook.
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Overlook is located in Baltimore County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the south of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Overlook.
- Frederick County
- This Overlook is located in Frederick County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south southwest of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Overlook.
- Queen Anne's County
- This Overlook is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the south of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Overlook.
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Dutchess 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 York community of Overlook [Dutchess County].
- Saratoga County
- This Overlook is located in Saratoga County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Overlook that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Overlook.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Washington
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Overlook ...
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.
- Bear Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Bear Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
- Big Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mountain
- Big Mountain is located in Northumberland County
- Coal Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Ferndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Greenback
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Marion Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Meadowview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Northumberland County
- Point Breeze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Breeze have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Point Breeze is located in Northumberland County
- Reed
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Shamrock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Snufftown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Overlook to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Overlook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Overlook and extending to:
- Sunbury, which is the Seat of Northumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Overlook to Sunbury, with an average speed<4> 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,385 miles [7,057 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Overlook. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Northumberland County: www.northumberlandco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Overlook 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Overlook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Overlook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8201, Longitude: -76.5750 In this case, the coordinates for Overlook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Overlook to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.472 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.265 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.746 degrees. |