Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Shettleston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shettleston and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Shettleston

• 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 Shettleston:
  • 41.079505, -77.892779
  • 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 Shettleston

• 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 Shettleston 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 Shettleston

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shettleston ...

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.

• Butts
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Butts is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
• Cherry Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cherry Run is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
• Clarence
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarence is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <1>
• Fountain
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fountain is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
• German Settlement
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • German Settlement is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
• Old Side
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Side is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Side
• Pancake
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pancake is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
• Panther
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Panther is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
• Poorman Side
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Poorman Side is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorman Side
• Snow Shoe
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Snow Shoe is located in Centre County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Shoe
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Shoe <1>

How Far From Shettleston 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 Shettleston to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shettleston and extending to:

• Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shettleston to Bellefonte, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 76 miles [122.3 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 157 miles [252.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,431 miles [7,131 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'