Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Standing Stone:
  • 41.739520, -76.361327
  • 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 Standing Stone

• 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
  • Since Standing Stone is near Wyoming County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Standing Stone

Curious and Interesting Names Near Standing Stone ...

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.

• Asylum
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Asylum is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
• Cherrytown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherrytown is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
• Evergreen
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Highland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Highland is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• Hornbrook
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hornbrook is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbrook
• Kellogg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kellogg is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
• Limehill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Limehill is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
• Marshview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Marshview is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
• Merryall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Merryall is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
• New Era
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • New Era is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
• Overshot
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Overshot is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
• Quarry Glen
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Quarry Glen is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Glen
• Terrytown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Terrytown is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown

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

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

• Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Standing Stone to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 199 miles [320.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,340 miles [6,984.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'