Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alliance Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alliance Furnace and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alliance Furnace
- 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 Alliance Furnace:
- 40.113962, -79.718653
- 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 Alliance Furnace
- 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Since Alliance Furnace is near Fayette County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alliance Furnace ...
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.
- Chaintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Curfew
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Dry Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Eureka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Flatwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Fuller
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Hawkeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Hulltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Jacobs Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobs Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Creek
- Jacobs Creek is located in Westmoreland County
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Lynn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Lynn is located in Fayette County
- Naomi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Continue List (8 more) ...
- Nellie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Pinetree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Pricedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Raineytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raineytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raineytown
- Raineytown is located in Fayette County
- Redstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Redstone is located in Fayette County
- Reduction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Star Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Junction
- Star Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star Junction <2>
- Turkeytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkeytown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Turkeytown is located in Westmoreland County
- Nellie
How Far From Alliance Furnace 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 Alliance Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Alliance Furnace and extending to:
- Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Alliance Furnace to Greensburg, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 150 miles [241.4 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 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 5,957 miles [9,586.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alliance Furnace. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Westmoreland County: www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alliance Furnace) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alliance Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1140, Longitude: -79.7187 In this case, the coordinates for Alliance Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Alliance Furnace to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.433 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.379 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.419 degrees. |