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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 Alicia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alicia 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 Alicia:
- 40.008311, -79.928125
- 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 Alicia
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Alicia is near Washington County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Alicia
Communities Also Named Alicia ...
We found five communities that are also named Alicia.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Alicia.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Alicia [Greene County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lawrence County
- This Alicia is located in Lawrence County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Alicia that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Alicia.
- California
- Yuba County
- This Alicia is located in Yuba County and lies 2,197 miles [3,535.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Alicia that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Alicia.
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- This Alicia is located in Saginaw County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Alicia that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Alicia.
- North Dakota
- Sargent 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 North Dakota community of Alicia [Sargent County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alicia ...
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.
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people
- Century
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Century is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century
- Coal Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crescent Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crescent Heights is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
- Crucible
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crucible is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucible
- Daisytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dutch Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dutch Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- Heistersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lowhill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lowhill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowhill
- Maple Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Glen is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen
- Maxwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maxwell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Republic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Smallwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smallwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Superior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Walkertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walkertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
How Far From Alicia to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alicia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alicia and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Alicia to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> 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 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,561 miles [7,340.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Alicia 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 '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- Alicia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Alicia 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 Alicia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0083, Longitude: -79.9281 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.566 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.514 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.551 degrees. |
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