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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 Amend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amend 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 Amend:
- 39.872854, -79.789214
- 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 Amend
- 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 Amend is near Greene County and also Preston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston 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 Amend
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amend ...
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.
- Dearth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dearth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearth
- East Fairchance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Fairchance is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairchance
- Edenborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edenborn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenborn
- Hays
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hays is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Highhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Highhouse is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
- Hoover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hoover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Hopwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lewis Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Newcomer
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Newcomer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
- Oliphant Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oliphant Furnace is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliphant Furnace
- Oliver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Puritan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Puritan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Rocks Works
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rocks Works is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Works
- Sandy Hill ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Shamrock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shamrock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Smiley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smiley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- York Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- York Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Run
- York Run Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- York Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Run Junction
How Far From Amend 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 Amend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Amend and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Amend to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,561 miles [7,340.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Amend) 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 Amend 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 Amend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8729, Longitude: -79.7892 In this case, the coordinates for Amend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.488 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.404 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.538 degrees. |
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