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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 Sipes Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sipes Mill 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 Sipes Mill:
- 39.910001, -78.153087
- 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 Sipes Mill
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Sipes Mill is near Bedford County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Sipes Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sipes Mill ...
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.
- Big Cove Tannery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Cove Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove Tannery
- Breezy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Breezy Point is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Budds Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Budds Place is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budds Place
- Crystal Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emmaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Flickerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flickerville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerville
- Gapsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gapsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapsville
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Hill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Mattie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mattie is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
- Needmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Mountain House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Mountain House is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mountain House
- Pleasant Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shortys Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shortys Place is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortys Place
How Far From Sipes Mill 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 Sipes Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sipes Mill and extending to:
- McConnellsburg, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Sipes Mill 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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 91 miles [146.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sipes Mill) 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 Sipes Mill 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 Sipes Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9100, Longitude: -78.1531 In this case, the coordinates for Sipes Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.492 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.279 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.804 degrees. |
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