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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 Romola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Romola 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 Romola:
- 41.056716, -77.689378
- 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 Romola
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Romola is near Clinton County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Romola
Communities Also Named Romola ...
We found one communities that are also named Romola.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Romola is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Romola in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Halifax County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Romola [Halifax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Romola ...
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 Swamp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Swamp is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Swamp
- Big Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Curtin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Top
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Top is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Top
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eagleville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forest is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Gum Stump
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Stump is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Stump
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lyonstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lyonstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonstown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Milesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mingoville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mingoville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingoville
- Monument
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Monument is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Mount Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Eagle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eagle
- Panther
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Zion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Romola 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 Romola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Romola and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Romola to Bellefonte, with an average speed<4> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Romola 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Romola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Romola 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 Romola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0567, Longitude: -77.6894 In this case, the coordinates for Romola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.131 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.148 degrees. |
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