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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 Rimersburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rimersburg and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rimersburg:
    • 41.042841, -79.503101
    • 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 Rimersburg
  • 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
    • Since Rimersburg is near Armstrong County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Rimersburg

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rimersburg ...

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.

  • Catfish
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Catfish is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
  • Churchville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Churchville is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Curllsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Curllsville is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
  • Diamond
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Diamond is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Five Points
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Points is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Frostburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Frostburg is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
  • Huey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Huey is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huey
  • Maple Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Maple Grove is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Riverview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverview is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rockville is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Sandy Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Hollow is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hollow
  • Sarah Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Squirrel Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Squirrel Hill is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
    • Tidal
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Tidal is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
    • Wildcat
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wildcat is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
    • Zion Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Zion Hill is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Rimersburg to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rimersburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rimersburg and extending to:

  • Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rimersburg to Clarion, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Rimersburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Rimersburg 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 Rimersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0428, Longitude: -79.5031       In this case, the coordinates for Rimersburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.249 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.312 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.977 degrees.