Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pinecroft, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pinecroft and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pinecroft
- 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 Pinecroft:
- 40.568679, -78.350014
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pinecroft
- 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 Blair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Since Pinecroft is near Cambria County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pinecroft ...
We found three communities that share the name Pinecroft.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Pinecroft is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- North Carolina
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pinecroft ...
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.
- Bear Loop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Blandburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Canoe Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Creek
- Canoe Creek is located in Blair County
- Charlottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlottsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottsville
- Charlottsville is located in Blair County
- Coupon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Dean
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Flowing Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flowing Spring. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Gray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Highland Fling
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Homer Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lloydville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloydville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Mill Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Roots
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Sickles Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sickles Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles Corner
- Sickles Corner is located in Blair County
- Tippletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tippletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippletown
- Tippletown is located in Cambria County
- Yellow Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
- Yellow Spring is located in Blair County
- Lloydville
How Far From Pinecroft 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 Pinecroft to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pinecroft and extending to:
- Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pinecroft to Hollidaysburg, with an average speed<5> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinecroft. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Pinecroft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pinecroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5687, Longitude: -78.3500 In this case, the coordinates for Pinecroft have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Pinecroft 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pinecroft to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.569 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.469 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.637 degrees. |