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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 Wingate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wingate 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 Wingate:
- 40.934717, -77.814642
- 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 Wingate
- 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 Centre County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
- Since Wingate is near Clinton County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield 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 Wingate
Communities Also Named Wingate ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Wingate.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Wingate is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- This Wingate is located in Montgomery County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wingate.
- Kansas
- Butler County
- This Wingate is located in Butler County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Wingate.
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- This Wingate is located in Dorchester County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Wingate.
- Frederick County
- This Wingate is located in Frederick County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Wingate.
- Mississippi
- Perry County
- This Wingate is located in Perry County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Wingate.
- Missouri
- Cass County
- This Wingate is located in Cass County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Wingate.
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Wingate [Bernalillo County].
- McKinley County
- This Wingate is located in McKinley County and lies 1,699 miles [2,734.3 km]<1> to the west of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Wingate.
- North Carolina
- Union County
- This Wingate is located in Union County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wingate.
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- This Wingate is located in Montgomery County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wingate.
- Texas
- Runnels County
- This Wingate is located in Runnels County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wingate that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Wingate.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wingate ...
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.
- Axemann
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Curtin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Top
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dry Top is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Top
- Fishermans Paradise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fishermans Paradise is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermans Paradise
- Gum Stump
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Stump is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Stump
- Hunter Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Park is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Park
- Lyonstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lyonstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonstown
- Milesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant View is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Runville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Runville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runville
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Wingate 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 Wingate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wingate and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Wingate to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 146 miles [235 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wingate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wingate 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. |
| <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 Wingate 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 Wingate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9347, Longitude: -77.8146 In this case, the coordinates for Wingate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.217 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.126 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.253 degrees. |
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