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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 Puzzletown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Puzzletown 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 Puzzletown:
- 40.377115, -78.489848
- 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 Puzzletown
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Since Puzzletown is near Cambria County and also Bedford 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 Bedford 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 Puzzletown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Puzzletown ...
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.
- Blue Knob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Claysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Cross Keys
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Foot of Ten
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Foot of Ten is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foot of Ten
- Fredericksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Friesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Friesville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesville
- Gaysport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gaysport is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaysport
- Hollidaysburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Musselman Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Musselman Grove is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman Grove
- Reservoir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reservoir is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir
- Roaring Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodman is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Stiffler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stiffler is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiffler
- Sunbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbrook is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbrook
How Far From Puzzletown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Puzzletown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Puzzletown and extending to:
- Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Puzzletown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,485 miles [7,217.9 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 '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- Puzzletown) 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 Puzzletown 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 Puzzletown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3771, Longitude: -78.4898 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.667 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.55 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.774 degrees. |
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