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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 Penn Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penn Run 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 Penn Run:
- 40.619900, -79.010520
- 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 Penn Run
- 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 Indiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Since Penn Run is near Cambria County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria 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 Penn Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penn Run ...
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.
- Buck Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buck Run is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Chestnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Diamondville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamondville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondville
- Dicksonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dicksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonville
- Fowler Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fowler Heights is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Heights
- Ideal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ideal is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
- Learn Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Learn Settlement is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learn Settlement
- Littletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lovejoy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lovejoy is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Manor is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Pikes Peak
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rembrant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rembrant is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rembrant
- Sample Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sample Run is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample Run
- Starford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Starford is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starford
- Strongstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suncliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Penn Run 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 Penn Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Penn Run and extending to:
- Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Penn Run to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,498 miles [7,238.8 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- Penn Run) 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 Penn Run 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 Penn Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6199, Longitude: -79.0105 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.97 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.931 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.914 degrees. |
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