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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 Tamarack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tamarack 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 Tamarack:
    • 41.424510, -77.848326
    • 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 Tamarack
  • 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 Tamarack is near Potter County and also Cameron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron 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 Tamarack

Communities Also Named Tamarack ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Tamarack.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Tamarack is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Tamarack lies 2,188 miles [3,521.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
    • California
      • Calaveras County
      • This Tamarack is located in Calaveras County and lies 2,223 miles [3,577.6 km]<1> to the west of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calaveras County community of Tamarack.
      • Nevada 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 California community of Tamarack [Nevada County].
      • Placer County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Tamarack [Placer County].
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Tamarack is located in DeKalb County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Tamarack.
    • Idaho
      • Adams County
      • This Tamarack is located in Adams County and lies 1,936 miles [3,115.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Tamarack.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Tamarack is located in Will County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the west of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Tamarack.
    • Indiana
      • Porter 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 Tamarack [Porter County].
    • Michigan
      • Gogebic County
      • This Tamarack is located in Gogebic County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Tamarack.
      • Houghton County
      • This Tamarack is located in Houghton County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km] to the northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Tamarack.
    • Minnesota
      • Aitkin County
      • This Tamarack is located in Aitkin County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aitkin County community of Tamarack.
    • Montana
      • Lincoln 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 Montana community of Tamarack [Lincoln County].
    • New York
      • Rensselaer County
      • This Tamarack is located in Rensselaer County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Tamarack.
    • North Carolina
      • Watauga 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 North Carolina community of Tamarack [Watauga County].
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Tamarack is located in Washington County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tamarack.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Tamarack is located in Weber County and lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Tamarack.
    • Wisconsin
      • Trempealeau County
      • This Tamarack is located in Trempealeau County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tamarack that is located in Clinton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trempealeau County community of Tamarack.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tamarack ...

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.

  • Cooks Run
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cooks Run is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Run
  • Cross Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Farwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Farwell is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • First Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • First Fork is located in Cameron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Fork
  • Five Points
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Gravel Lick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gravel Lick is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
  • Keating
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Keating is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Short Run
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Short Run is located in Potter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Run

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

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

  • Lock Haven, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tamarack to Lock Haven, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,416 miles [7,106.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Tamarack) 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 Tamarack 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>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 Tamarack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Tamarack 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 Tamarack. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4245, Longitude: -77.8483       In this case, the coordinates for Tamarack have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.20 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.184 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.072 degrees.