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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 Winterburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winterburn 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 Winterburn:
- 41.179252, -78.602094
- 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 Winterburn
- 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Since Winterburn is near Elk County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Winterburn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winterburn ...
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.
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Force
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Force is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Force
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Four Points is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Gobbler Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gobbler Knob is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobbler Knob
- Home Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Home Camp is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Camp
- Mill Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Run is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Narrows Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows Creek is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Creek
- Scattertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
How Far From Winterburn 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 Winterburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Winterburn and extending to:
- Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winterburn to Clearfield, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,865 miles [9,438.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,458 miles [7,174.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Winterburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Winterburn 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 Winterburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1793, Longitude: -78.6021 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.683 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.692 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.513 degrees. |
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