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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 Uhdey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Uhdey 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 Uhdey:
- 41.724530, -76.403744
- 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 Uhdey
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Uhdey is near Sullivan County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Uhdey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Uhdey ...
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.
- Asylum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hornbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hornbrook is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbrook
- Kellogg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kellogg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Limehill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marshview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Era
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Overshot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Overshot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
- Quarry Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quarry Glen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Glen
- Standing Stone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
- Terrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Terrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
How Far From Uhdey 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 Uhdey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Uhdey and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Uhdey to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,343 miles [6,989.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Uhdey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Uhdey 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 Uhdey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7245, Longitude: -76.4037 In this case, the coordinates for Uhdey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.288 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.20 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.288 degrees. |
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