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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 Aleppo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Aleppo 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 Aleppo:
- 39.824083, -80.446260
- 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 Aleppo
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Aleppo is near Marshall County and also Wetzel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Aleppo
Communities Also Named Aleppo ...
We found one communities that are also named Aleppo.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Aleppo is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Aleppo in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Sedgwick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Aleppo [Sedgwick County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Aleppo ...
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 Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bryan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Buzz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buzz is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzz
- Crabapple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Crabapple is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
- Crows Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crows Mills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Mills
- Deep Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deep Valley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
- Durbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Durbin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Ned
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ned is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned
- New Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quiet Dell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quiet Dell is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rocklick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandrock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandrock
- Triumph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Triumph is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
- Wind Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wind Ridge is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Ridge
- Windy Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Windy Gap is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Gap
How Far From Aleppo 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 Aleppo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Aleppo and extending to:
- Waynesburg, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Aleppo to Waynesburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 191 miles [307.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,999 miles [9,654.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,591 miles [7,388.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Aleppo 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. |
| <2> | 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- Aleppo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Aleppo 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 Aleppo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8241, Longitude: -80.4463 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.892 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.857 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.847 degrees. |
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