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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 Snow Shoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snow Shoe 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 Snow Shoe:
- 41.029225, -77.951116
- 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 Snow Shoe
- 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 Snow Shoe is near Clearfield County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Snow Shoe
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snow Shoe ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Butts is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Cherry Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Run is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Clarence
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fountain
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fountain is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- German Settlement
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- German Settlement is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
- Old Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Side is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Side
- Pancake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pancake is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
- Poorman Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poorman Side is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorman Side
How Far From Snow Shoe 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 Snow Shoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Snow Shoe and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Snow Shoe 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 154 miles [247.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,436 miles [7,139 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Snow Shoe) 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 Snow Shoe 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 Snow Shoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0292, Longitude: -77.9511 In this case, the coordinates for Snow Shoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.293 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.227 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.277 degrees. |
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