Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Swissdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swissdale and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Swissdale

• 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 Swissdale:
  • 41.178125, -77.433313
  • 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 Swissdale

• 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 Swissdale is near Lycoming County and also Centre County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre 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 Swissdale

Curious and Interesting Names Near Swissdale ...

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.

• Draketown
  (4 miles [6.4 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 south)
  • Dunnstown is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnstown
• Gallagher
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Gallagher is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
• Lock Haven
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lock Haven is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Haven
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lock Haven <1>
• Lockport
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lockport is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
• Queens Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Queens Run is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Run
• Riverview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Riverview is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Sunset Pines
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Pines is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Pines
• Youngdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Youngdale is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngdale

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

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

• Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Swissdale 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 158 miles [254.3 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 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'