Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sylvan Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sylvan Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sylvan Hills
- 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 Sylvan Hills:
- 40.446183, -78.384736
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Sylvan Hills
- 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 Blair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Blair County
- Since Sylvan Hills is near Cambria County and also Huntingdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- eBird sighting report for Huntingdon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sylvan Hills ...
We found six communities that share the name Sylvan Hills.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Sylvan Hills.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- York County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in York County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Blair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Sylvan Hills.
- York County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Pulaski County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Blair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Fulton County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Blair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Will County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Blair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Indiana
- Grant 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 Indiana community of Sylvan Hills [Grant County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Sylvan Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sylvan Hills that is located in Blair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Sylvan Hills.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvan Hills ...
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.
- Cross Keys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Keys have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Eldorado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Gaysport
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Hollidaysburg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollidaysburg
- Hollidaysburg is located in Blair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollidaysburg <4>
- Loop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Reservoir
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Stiffler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Sunbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Sylvan Hills 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 Sylvan Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sylvan Hills and extending to:
- Hollidaysburg, which is the Seat of Blair County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sylvan Hills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sylvan Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Sylvan Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sylvan Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4462, Longitude: -78.3847 In this case, the coordinates for Sylvan Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Sylvan Hills 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sylvan Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.599 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.483 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.70 degrees. |