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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 Yarnell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yarnell 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 Yarnell:
- 40.997837, -77.810837
- 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 Yarnell
- 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 Yarnell 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 Yarnell
Communities Also Named Yarnell ...
We found four communities that are also named Yarnell.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Yarnell is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- This Yarnell is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,953 miles [3,143 km]<1> to the west of the Yarnell that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Yarnell.
- Montana
- Lincoln County
- This Yarnell is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yarnell that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Yarnell.
- Oregon
- Lane 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 Oregon community of Yarnell [Lane County].
- Wisconsin
- Sawyer County
- This Yarnell is located in Sawyer County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yarnell that is located in Centre County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sawyer County community of Yarnell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yarnell ...
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.
- Big Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Spring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Butts
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Butts is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts
- Curtin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Curtin is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
- Dry Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dry Top is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Top
- Fountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Gum Stump
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Stump is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Stump
- Lyonstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lyonstown is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonstown
- Milesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Eagle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Eagle
- Pancake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pancake is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
- Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Runville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Runville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runville
How Far From Yarnell 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 Yarnell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yarnell and extending to:
- Bellefonte, which is the Seat of Centre County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Yarnell 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 150 miles [241.4 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 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,431 miles [7,131 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Yarnell) 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 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 Yarnell 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 Yarnell 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 Yarnell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9978, Longitude: -77.8108 In this case, the coordinates for Yarnell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.21 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.226 degrees. |
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