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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 Panic, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Panic 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 Panic:
- 41.036337, -78.947556
- 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 Panic
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Panic is near Lawrence County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield 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 Panic
Curious and Interesting Names Near Panic ...
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.
- Big Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Deemers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deemers Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemers Crossroads
- Desire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Desire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desire
- Foxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foxburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
- Frostburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frostburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Fuller
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Iowa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Iowa is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
- Robertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Soldier
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Soldier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Stump Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Panic 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 Panic to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Panic and extending to:
- Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Panic to Brookville, with an average speed<3> 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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 178 miles [286.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Panic) 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 Panic 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 Panic. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0363, Longitude: -78.9476 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.906 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.922 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.726 degrees. |
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