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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 Stormstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stormstown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stormstown:
    • 40.793393, -78.016672
    • 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 Stormstown
  • 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 Stormstown is near Huntingdon County and also Blair 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 Blair 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 Stormstown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stormstown ...

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.

  • Beaver Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Mills is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Mills
  • Buffalo Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buffalo Run is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Run
  • Centennial
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Centennial is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial
  • Circle Ville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Circle Ville is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle Ville
  • Fairbrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairbrook is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
  • Flat Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Gatesburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Gatesburg is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesburg
  • Julian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Martha Furnace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Martha Furnace is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Furnace
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Marysville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Marysville is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Park Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Park Hills is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
    • Pennsylvania Furnace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Pennsylvania Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsylvania Furnace
    • Ramblewood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ramblewood is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
    • Rockspring
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockspring is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspring
    • Waddle
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Waddle is located in Centre County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle

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

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

  • Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stormstown to Bellefonte, 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 69 miles [111 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 140 miles [225.3 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 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stormstown) 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 Stormstown 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 Stormstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7934, Longitude: -78.0167       In this case, the coordinates for Stormstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.351 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.255 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.40 degrees.