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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 Sulger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sulger 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 Sulger:
    • 41.166174, -78.983924
    • 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 Sulger
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Sulger is near Clearfield County and also Clarion 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 Clarion 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 Sulger

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sulger ...

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.

  • Alaska
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Alaska is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
  • Coder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Coder is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coder
  • Colon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Colon is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colon
  • Deemers Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Deemers Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemers Crossroads
  • Egypt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Fuller
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fuller is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
  • Green Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Iowa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Iowa is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa
  • Norman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Norman is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Pinecreek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pinecreek is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecreek
  • Rockdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rockdale is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Sandy Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Valley
  • Sugar Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill

How Far From Sulger to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sulger to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the West.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sulger to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sulger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sulger 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 Sulger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1662, Longitude: -78.9839       In this case, the coordinates for Sulger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.92 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.958 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.692 degrees.