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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 Amaranth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amaranth and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Amaranth:
    • 39.797588, -78.278067
    • 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 Amaranth
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Amaranth is near Bedford County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Amaranth

Communities Also Named Amaranth ...

We found three communities that are also named Amaranth.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Amaranth is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Yolo 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 California community of Amaranth [Yolo County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Amaranth is located in New Castle County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the east of the Amaranth that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Amaranth.
    • Manitoba
      • This Amaranth lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Amaranth that is located in Fulton County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amaranth ...

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.

  • Dogtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogtown is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Emmaville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Emmaville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
  • Five Forks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Forks is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Flickerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Flickerville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerville
  • Forest Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Forest Park is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Harvey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Harvey is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Mattie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mattie is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
  • Needmore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Piney Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Grove is located in Allegany County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Plum Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Plum Run is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
  • Robinsonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Robinsonville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
  • Roundtop ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Roundtop is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
  • Silver Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Mills is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Mills

How Far From Amaranth 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 Amaranth to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Amaranth and extending to:

  • McConnellsburg, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Amaranth to McConnellsburg, 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 81 miles [130.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,498 miles [7,238.8 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Amaranth 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amaranth) 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 Amaranth 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 Amaranth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7976, Longitude: -78.2781       In this case, the coordinates for Amaranth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.574 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.355 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.901 degrees.