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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 Vintondale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vintondale 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 Vintondale:
- 40.478126, -78.913915
- 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 Vintondale
- 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 Cambria County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Since Vintondale is near Indiana County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Vintondale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vintondale ...
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.
- Adams Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Adams Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Crossing
- Boltz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boltz is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltz
- Charlies Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Charlies Grove is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlies Grove
- Concrete Bridge Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edwards Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Red Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Red Mill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Strongstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Twin Rocks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Vintondale 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 Vintondale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vintondale and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Vintondale to Ebensburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,499 miles [7,240.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Vintondale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Vintondale 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 Vintondale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4781, Longitude: -78.9139 In this case, the coordinates for Vintondale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.92 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.852 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.924 degrees. |
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