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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 Wilgus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilgus 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 Wilgus:
- 40.783953, -78.885587
- 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 Wilgus
- 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 Indiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Since Wilgus is near Clearfield County and also Cambria County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria 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 Wilgus
Communities Also Named Wilgus ...
We found two communities that are also named Wilgus.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Wilgus is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Wilgus [Cochise County].
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- This Wilgus is located in Lawrence County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wilgus that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Wilgus.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilgus ...
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.
- Canoe Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoe Ridge is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Ridge
- Cherry Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Commodore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cookport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Cush Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cush Creek is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cush Creek
- Cush Cushion Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deckers Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deckers Point is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Point
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Glen Campbell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Locust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Lovejoy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Patchinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Purchase Line
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Starford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Starford is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starford
- Stifflertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stifflertown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stifflertown
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Wilgus to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wilgus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilgus and extending to:
- Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wilgus to Indiana, with an average speed<4> 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 110 miles [177 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Wilgus 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- Wilgus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wilgus 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 Wilgus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7840, Longitude: -78.8856 In this case, the coordinates for Wilgus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.884 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.858 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.795 degrees. |
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