Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Skelp:
  • 40.619788, -78.268069
  • 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 Skelp

• 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 Blair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair County
  • Since Skelp is near Huntingdon County and also Cambria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria 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 Skelp

Curious and Interesting Names Near Skelp ...

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.

• Charlottsville
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Charlottsville is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottsville
• Gray
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gray is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
• Greenwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Ironville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ironville is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
• Roots
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Roots is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roots
• Sickles Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sickles Corner is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles Corner
• Spruce Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Spruce Creek is located in Huntingdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spruce Creek <1>
• Union Furnace
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Union Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Furnace
• Vail
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Vail is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
• Water Street
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
• Yellow Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yellow Spring is located in Blair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring

How Far From Skelp to ...

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

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

• Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Skelp to Hollidaysburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'