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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 Parkhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkhill 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 Parkhill:
- 40.361185, -78.870857
- 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 Parkhill
- 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 Parkhill is near Somerset County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Parkhill
Communities Also Named Parkhill ...
We found five communities that are also named Parkhill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Parkhill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Butte County
- This Parkhill is located in Butte County and lies 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Parkhill that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Parkhill.
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire 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 New Hampshire community of Parkhill [Cheshire County].
- North Carolina
- Burke County
- This Parkhill is located in Burke County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parkhill that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Parkhill.
- Ontario
- This Parkhill lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Parkhill that is located in Cambria County.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- This Parkhill is located in Edgefield County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parkhill that is located in Cambria County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgefield County community of Parkhill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkhill ...
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.
- Cassandra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cassandra is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Cover Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cover Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cover Hill
- Daisytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisytown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Echo
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Franklin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Goods Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Goods Corner is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Corner
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lilly is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
- Mineral Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Minersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Minersville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Parkstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parkstown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Stonycreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stonycreek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycreek
- Walnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Parkhill 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 Parkhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkhill and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Parkhill to Ebensburg, 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 104 miles [167.4 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 140 miles [225.3 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 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- Parkhill) 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 Parkhill 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 Parkhill 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 Parkhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3612, Longitude: -78.8709 In this case, the coordinates for Parkhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.901 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.812 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.949 degrees. |
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