Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sylvan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sylvan and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sylvan
- 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:
- 39.753426, -78.021668
- 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
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Sylvan is near Fulton County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Sylvan.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Sylvan.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Allegheny County
- Perry County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Sylvan lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sylvan that is located in Franklin County.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Dent County
- Although located in Dent County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dent County community of Sylvan.
- New York
- Ontario
- This Sylvan lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sylvan that is located in Franklin County.
- Oregon
- Texas
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvan ...
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.
- Big Cove Tannery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Cove Tannery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove Tannery
- Big Cove Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Big Pool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Pool have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pool
- Big Pool is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Pool <5>
- Cherry Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Claylick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Clear Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
- Clear Spring is located in Washington County (MD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clear Spring <5>
- Cove Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Gap
- Cove Gap is located in Franklin County
- Dickeys Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickeys Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeys Mountain
- Dickeys Mountain is located in Fulton County
- Dogtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Dry Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Ernstville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ernstville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernstville
- Ernstville is located in Washington County (MD)
- Indian Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Washington County (MD)
- Mountain Vistas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Vistas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vistas
- Mountain Vistas is located in Washington County (MD)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Park Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Plum Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Sleepy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sleepy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Creek
- Sleepy Creek is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Timber Ridge Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge Heights
- Timber Ridge Heights is located in Washington County (MD)
- Park Head
How Far From Sylvan 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 Sylvan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sylvan and extending to:
- Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sylvan to Chambersburg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sylvan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sylvan 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. |
| <2> | 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) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sylvan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7534, Longitude: -78.0217 In this case, the coordinates for Sylvan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sylvan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.423 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.176 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.807 degrees. |