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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 Cabot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cabot 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 Cabot:
- 40.764787, -79.766440
- 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 Cabot
- 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 Cabot is near Armstrong County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Cabot
Communities Also Named Cabot ...
We found eight communities that are also named Cabot.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cabot is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- This Cabot is located in Lonoke County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cabot that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Cabot.
- Kentucky
- Hancock County
- This Cabot is located in Hancock County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cabot that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Cabot.
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- This Cabot is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cabot that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Cabot.
- Manitoba
- This Cabot lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cabot that is located in Butler County.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cabot [Middlesex County].
- Vermont
- Washington County
- This Cabot is located in Washington County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cabot that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cabot.
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- This Cabot is located in Boone County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cabot that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Cabot.
- Pleasants County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cabot [Pleasants County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cabot ...
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.
- Boggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Boggsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Bricker Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bricker Crossroads is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker Crossroads
- Coal Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coal Hollow is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Dennys Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Great Belt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Herman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Houseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Houseville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseville
- Ivywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivywood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
- Leasureville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Mineral Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Spring is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Sandy Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Silverville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silverville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
How Far From Cabot to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cabot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cabot and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cabot to Butler, 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 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,524 miles [7,280.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cabot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cabot 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cabot 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 Cabot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7648, Longitude: -79.7664 In this case, the coordinates for Cabot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.428 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.472 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.201 degrees. |
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