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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 Sunset Pines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Pines 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 Sunset Pines:
- 41.147013, -77.470539
- 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 Sunset Pines
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Sunset Pines is near Centre County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Sunset Pines
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Pines ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Draketown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Draketown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Dunnstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
- Lock Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lockport
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lockport is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Queens Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Queens Run is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Run
- Riverview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Youngdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Youngdale is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale
How Far From Sunset Pines 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 Sunset Pines to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunset Pines and extending to:
- Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Pines to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 157 miles [252.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunset Pines) 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 Sunset Pines 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 Sunset Pines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1470, Longitude: -77.4705 In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Pines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.99 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.903 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.013 degrees. |
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