Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Winterset, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winterset and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Winterset
- 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 Winterset:
- 40.502293, -78.688353
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Winterset
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Since Winterset is near Indiana County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- eBird sighting report for Blair 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Winterset ...
We found three communities that share the name Winterset.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Winterset is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winterset ...
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.
- Bens Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bens Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Blue Goose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Goose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
- Blue Goose is located in Cambria County
- Chest Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Edwards Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Edwards Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Foxburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Greenfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Cambria County
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Lower Dutchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Dutchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Dutchtown
- Lower Dutchtown is located in Cambria County
- Miller Shaft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Shaft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Shaft
- Miller Shaft is located in Cambria County
- Munster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munster
- Munster is located in Cambria County
- New Germany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Germany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
- New Germany is located in Cambria County
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Continue List (8 more) ...
- Plane Bank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plane Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plane Bank
- Plane Bank is located in Cambria County
- Portage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,351 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portage <4>
- Redbird
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Shoemaker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Tripoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Tunnelhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnelhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelhill
- Tunnelhill is located in Cambria County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Twenty Row
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twenty Row have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twenty Row
- Twenty Row is located in Cambria County
- Wildwood Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Springs
- Wildwood Springs is located in Cambria County
- Plane Bank
How Far From Winterset 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 Winterset to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winterset and extending to:
- Ebensburg, which is the Seat of Cambria County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Winterset to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,898 miles [9,491.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winterset. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cambria County: www.co.cambria.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Winterset) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winterset. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5023, Longitude: -78.6884 In this case, the coordinates for Winterset have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Winterset 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Winterset to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.78 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.698 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.814 degrees. |