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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 Buhls Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buhls Station 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 Buhls Station:
- 40.798676, -80.025615
- 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 Buhls Station
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Buhls Station is near Beaver County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Buhls Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buhls Station ...
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.
- Evans City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Glen Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Eden is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Greenwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harmony Junction is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Junction
- Hays Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hays Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Highfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highfield is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
- Mars
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meridian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meridian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Mount Chestnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Chestnut is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chestnut
- Nixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Old Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Furnace is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Furnace
- Petersville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Petersville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
How Far From Buhls Station 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 Buhls Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buhls Station and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Buhls Station to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,659 miles [10,716.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buhls Station) 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 Buhls Station 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 Buhls Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7987, Longitude: -80.0256 In this case, the coordinates for Buhls Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.657 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.306 degrees. |
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