Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burdette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burdette and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burdette
- 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 Burdette:
- 39.968131, -80.446458
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Burdette
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Burdette is near Washington County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Marshall 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Burdette ...
We found eight communities that share the name Burdette.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Burdette is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Burdette ...
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.
- Crabapple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Crows Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crows Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Mills
- Crows Mills is located in Greene County
- Durbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Golden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Good Intent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Good Intent. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Intent
- Good Intent is located in Washington County
- Graysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Greene County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Graysville <5>
- Majorsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Majorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majorsville
- Majorsville is located in Marshall County (WV)
- Wind Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wind Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Ridge
- Wind Ridge is located in Greene County
How Far From Burdette 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 include the distance from a community such as Burdette to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burdette and extending to:
- Waynesburg, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burdette to Waynesburg, with an average speed<6> 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,710 miles [10,798.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,585 miles [7,378.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burdette. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Greene County: www.county.greenepa.net/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burdette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burdette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9681, Longitude: -80.4465 In this case, the coordinates for Burdette have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Burdette 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Burdette to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.886 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.872 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.796 degrees. |