Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Vineyard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vineyard and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Vineyard
- 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 Vineyard:
- 40.424799, -77.783605
- 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 Vineyard
- 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 Mifflin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mifflin County
- Since Vineyard is near Huntingdon County and also Juniata County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Huntingdon County
- eBird sighting report for Juniata 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 Vineyard ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Vineyard.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Vineyard is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Vineyard is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the west of the Vineyard that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Vineyard.
- Sacramento County
- This Vineyard is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km] to the west northwest of the Vineyard that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Vineyard.
- San Benito County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [San Benito County].
- San Diego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [San Diego County].
- Sonoma County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Vineyard [Sonoma County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- This Vineyard is located in Butler County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Vineyard that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Vineyard.
- Jessamine County
- This Vineyard is located in Jessamine County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the west southwest of the Vineyard that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Vineyard.
- Maryland
- New York
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Vineyard is located in Davis County and lies 1,773 miles [2,853.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Vineyard that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Vineyard.
- Utah County
- This Vineyard is located in Utah County and lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km] to the west of the Vineyard that is located in Mifflin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Vineyard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vineyard ...
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.
- Birdville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdville
- Birdville is located in Huntingdon County
- Cross Keys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Keys have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Cross Keys is located in Juniata County
- Little Kansas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Kansas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kansas
- Little Kansas is located in Mifflin County
- Lockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Longfellow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Longfellow is located in Mifflin County
- Lucy Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucy Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy Furnace
- Lucy Furnace is located in Mifflin County
- Peru Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Reeds Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Spears Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spears Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Grove
- Spears Grove is located in Juniata County
How Far From Vineyard 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 Vineyard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vineyard and extending to:
- Lewistown, which is the Seat of Mifflin County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vineyard to Lewistown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,452 miles [7,164.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vineyard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Mifflin County: www.co.mifflin.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vineyard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vineyard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4248, Longitude: -77.7836 In this case, the coordinates for Vineyard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Vineyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Vineyard 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. |
| <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 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 Vineyard 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 308.235 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.067 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.442 degrees. |