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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 Park Forest Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Park Forest Village 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 Park Forest Village:
- 40.806728, -77.916947
- 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 Park Forest Village
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Park Forest Village is near Huntingdon County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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 Park Forest Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Forest Village ...
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.
- Buffalo Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Run is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Run
- Centennial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Centennial is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
- Circle Ville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Circle Ville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle Ville
- Dale Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dale Summit is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Summit
- Fairbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Gatesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gatesburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesburg
- Hunter Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Park
- Julian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Martha Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Martha Furnace is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Furnace
- Marysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marysville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Oak Hall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Panorama Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Park Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park Hills is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Ramblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Shingletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shingletown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Stormstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stormstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormstown
- University Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- University Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Waddle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
How Far From Park Forest Village 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 Park Forest Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Park Forest Village and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Park Forest Village to Bellefonte, 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Park Forest Village) 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 Park Forest Village 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 Park Forest Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8067, Longitude: -77.9169 In this case, the coordinates for Park Forest Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.289 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.187 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.35 degrees. |
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