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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 Bully Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bully Hill 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 Bully Hill:
- 41.368947, -79.826165
- 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 Bully Hill
- 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Since Bully Hill is near Mercer County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Bully Hill
Communities Also Named Bully Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Bully Hill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Bully Hill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Bully Hill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bully Hill [Shasta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bully Hill ...
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.
- Ajax
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ajax is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Galena Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Galena Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Hill
- Gurney Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gurney Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney Hill
- Mapledale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mapledale is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
- Pecan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pecan is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
- Rocky Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Grove is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Grove
- Twin Churchs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Twin Churchs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Churchs
- Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Victory Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Victory Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
How Far From Bully Hill 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 Bully Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bully Hill and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bully Hill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 225 miles [362.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,503 miles [7,246.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bully Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Bully Hill) 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 Bully Hill 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 Bully Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3689, Longitude: -79.8262 In this case, the coordinates for Bully Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.567 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.002 degrees. |
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