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 Zimmerman:
40.048410, -79.108917
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 Zimmerman
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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Zimmerman.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Zimmerman is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Perry County
This Zimmerman is located in Perry County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Zimmerman that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Zimmerman.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Zimmerman that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Zimmerman.
Minnesota
Sherburne County
This Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Zimmerman that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherburne County community of Zimmerman.
North Carolina
Wilkes County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Zimmerman [Wilkes County].
Ohio
Greene County
This Zimmerman is located in Greene County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the west of the Zimmerman that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Zimmerman.
Ontario
This Zimmerman lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the north of the Zimmerman that is located in Somerset County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zimmerman ...
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.
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 Zimmerman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Zimmerman and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Zimmerman to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 136 miles [218.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,934 miles [9,549.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Zimmerman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zimmerman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Zimmerman 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 Zimmerman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0484, Longitude: -79.1089 In this case, the coordinates for Zimmerman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.064 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.949 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.173 degrees.