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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 Stifflertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stifflertown 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 Stifflertown:
- 40.733677, -78.801974
- 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 Stifflertown
- 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Since Stifflertown is near Indiana County and also Cambria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Stifflertown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stifflertown ...
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.
- Cherry Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Cookport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Cush Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Cush Cushion Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glen Campbell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwich is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Long Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Martintown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Martintown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Patchinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Purchase Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Slickport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slickport is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickport
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spangler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Spruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
- Swedetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Swedetown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
- Uniontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Stifflertown 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 Stifflertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stifflertown and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stifflertown to Clearfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 105 miles [169 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 157 miles [252.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,484 miles [7,216.3 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- Stifflertown) 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 Stifflertown 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 Stifflertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7337, Longitude: -78.8020 In this case, the coordinates for Stifflertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.835 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.796 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.776 degrees. |
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