Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Patience, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patience and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Patience

• 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 Patience:
  • 39.873417, -78.610573
  • 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 Patience

• 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
  • Since Patience is near Somerset County and also Allegany 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 Allegany 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 Patience

Curious and Interesting Names Near Patience ...

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.

• Bard
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bard is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
• Burning Bush
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Burning Bush is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
• Centerville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Charlesville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlesville is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
• Fossilville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fossilville is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossilville
• Gravel Pit
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Gravel Pit is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Pit
• Manns Choice
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Manns Choice is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Choice
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manns Choice <1>
• Rainsburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rainsburg is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
• Rockville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockville is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Sulphur Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Bedford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs

How Far From Patience 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 Patience to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Patience and extending to:

• Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Patience to Bedford, 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,634 miles [10,676.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,510 miles [7,258.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'