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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 Windfall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windfall 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 Windfall:
- 41.704638, -76.775347
- 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 Windfall
- 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 Windfall is near Lycoming County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 Windfall
Communities Also Named Windfall ...
We found five communities that are also named Windfall.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Windfall.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Windfall [McKean County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Tipton County
- This Windfall is located in Tipton County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<2> to the west of the Windfall that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Windfall.
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Windfall is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Windfall that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Windfall.
- Ohio
- Medina County
- This Windfall is located in Medina County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the west of the Windfall that is located in Bradford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Windfall.
- Ontario
- This Windfall lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the west of the Windfall that is located in Bradford County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windfall ...
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.
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Cold Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Covert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dogtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Farmers Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Farmers Valley is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
- Grover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grover is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Leroy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leroy is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Long Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Maple Summit is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Summit
- Minerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Minerville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerville
- Mountain Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
How Far From Windfall 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 Windfall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Windfall and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Windfall to Towanda, with an average speed<3> 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 98 miles [157.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Windfall 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windfall) 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 Windfall 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 Windfall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7046, Longitude: -76.7753 In this case, the coordinates for Windfall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.517 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.456 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.466 degrees. |
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