Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shamrock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shamrock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shamrock
- 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 Shamrock:
- 40.860919, -76.584679
- 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 Shamrock
- 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 Northumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Since Shamrock is near Columbia County and also Montour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- eBird sighting report for Montour 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 Shamrock ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Shamrock.
There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Shamrock.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 28 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Berks County
- Fayette County
- Greene County
- Somerset County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Jasper County
- This Shamrock is located in Jasper County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<2> to the west of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Shamrock.
- McLean County
- This Shamrock is located in McLean County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km] to the west of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Shamrock.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New York
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Shamrock lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<2> to the north of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- Prince Edward Island
- Saskatchewan
- This Shamrock lies 1,575 miles [2,534.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- Texas
- Dallas County
- This Shamrock is located in Dallas County and lies 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Shamrock.
- Wheeler County
- This Shamrock is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km] to the west of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Shamrock.
- Utah
- Virginia
- Grayson 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 Virginia community of Shamrock [Grayson County].
- Salem City
- This Shamrock is located in Salem City and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Shamrock that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Shamrock.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shamrock ...
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 Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Marion Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Meadowview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Northumberland County
- Overlook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Quitman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Reed
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Rushtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Snufftown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Union Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner
- Union Corner is located in Northumberland County
- Uniontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Shamrock 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 Shamrock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shamrock and extending to:
- Sunbury, which is the Seat of Northumberland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Shamrock to Sunbury, with an average speed<6> 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,383 miles [7,053.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shamrock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Northumberland County: www.northumberlandco.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Shamrock 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shamrock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shamrock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8609, Longitude: -76.5847 In this case, the coordinates for Shamrock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shamrock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Shamrock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.474 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.274 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.733 degrees. |