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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 Summerhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Summerhill 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 Summerhill:
    • 40.376111, -78.761944
    • 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 Summerhill
  • 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
    • Since Summerhill is near Somerset County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Summerhill

Communities Also Named Summerhill ...

We found six communities that are also named Summerhill.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Summerhill.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lancaster County
      • This Summerhill is located in Lancaster County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Summerhill that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Summerhill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Summerhill is located in Fulton County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Summerhill that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Summerhill.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Summerhill is located in Cook County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Summerhill that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Summerhill.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Summerhill [Montgomery County].
    • Ontario
      • This Summerhill lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Summerhill that is located in Cambria County.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Summerhill is located in Spartanburg County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Summerhill that is located in Cambria County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Summerhill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Summerhill ...

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.

  • Beaverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
  • Cassandra
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cassandra is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Echo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Echo is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Elton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fiddlers Green
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fiddlers Green is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Green
  • Fishertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fishertown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishertown
  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Franklin is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Goods Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Goods Corner is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Corner
  • Jamestown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jamestown is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Miller Shaft
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Miller Shaft is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Shaft
  • Mineral Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mineral Point is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
  • New Germany
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • New Germany is located in Cambria County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Oil City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Oil City is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Parkhill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Parkhill is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkhill
    • Portage
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Puritan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Puritan is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
    • Redbird
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Redbird is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
    • Rockville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rockville is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Shoemaker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Shoemaker is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Summerhill and extending to:

  • Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Summerhill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Summerhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Summerhill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Summerhill 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 Summerhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3761, Longitude: -78.7619       In this case, the coordinates for Summerhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.833 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.738 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.895 degrees.