Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Soradoville:
  • 40.679796, -77.412492
  • 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 Soradoville

• 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 Mifflin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
  • Since Soradoville is near Juniata County and also Snyder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Juniata County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder 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 Soradoville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Soradoville ...

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.

• Belltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Belltown is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
• Crossgrove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crossgrove is located in Snyder County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgrove
• Cuba Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cuba Mills is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba Mills
• Hawstone
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawstone is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawstone
• Honey
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Honey is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey
• Honey Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
• Knobville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Knobville is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobville
• Little Roundtop
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Roundtop is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Roundtop
• Locke Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Locke Mills is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke Mills
• Paintersville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Paintersville is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
• Rockville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rockville is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Roundtop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Roundtop is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
• Snook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Snook is located in Mifflin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snook

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Soradoville and extending to:

• Lewistown, which is the Seat of Mifflin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Soradoville to Lewistown, with an average speed<2> 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south (S). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'