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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 Antram, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Antram 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 Antram:
- 39.911742, -79.916718<1>
- 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 Antram
- 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 Antram is near Greene County and also Washington 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 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 Antram
Curious and Interesting Names Near Antram ...
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.
- Ceylon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Crucible
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crucible is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucible
- Edenborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edenborn is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenborn
- Filbert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Filbert is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gates is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Heistersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heistersburg is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Hoover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hoover is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lewis Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Crossing is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
- Little Chicago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Chicago is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Live Easy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Live Easy is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Easy
- Masontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paisley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paisley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Puritan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Puritan is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Ralph
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ralph is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Republic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Republic is also located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Stringtown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stringtown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Antram to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers included the distance from a community such as Antram to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Antram and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Antram to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 162 miles [260.7 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 168 miles [270.4 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 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,689 miles [10,764.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,565 miles [7,346.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Antram: Decimal: 39.91174, -79.916718 DDMMSS: 39° 54' 42", -79° 55' 0" |
| <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' (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- Antram) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Antram 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 Antram. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9117, Longitude: -79.9167 In this case, the coordinates for Antram have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.564 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.497 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.581 degrees. |
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