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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 Carnegie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carnegie and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Carnegie:
    • 40.406736, -80.085333
    • 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 Carnegie
  • 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
    • Since Carnegie is near Washington County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 Carnegie

Communities Also Named Carnegie ...

We found eight communities that are also named Carnegie.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Carnegie 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 ...
    • California
      • San Joaquin 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 Carnegie [San Joaquin County].
    • Georgia
      • Randolph County
      • This Carnegie is located in Randolph County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Carnegie that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Carnegie.
    • Manitoba
      • 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 Manitoba community of Carnegie.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Carnegie is located in Erie County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Carnegie that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Carnegie.
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo County
      • This Carnegie is located in Caddo County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carnegie that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Carnegie.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Carnegie is located in Washington County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Carnegie that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Carnegie.
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Carnegie [Brooke County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Carnegie is located in Douglas County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carnegie that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Carnegie.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carnegie ...

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.

  • Fairywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fairywood is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairywood
  • Federal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Federal is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Fineview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fineview is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fineview
  • Forest Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Grove is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Gayly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gayly is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayly
  • Green Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gregg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gregg is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
  • Hillcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Longview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Longview is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Marshall Shadeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshall Shadeland is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Shadeland
  • Moon Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Moon Run is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Run
  • National Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • National Hill is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hill
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Presto
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rook is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rook
    • Windgap
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Windgap is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windgap
    • Woods Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woods Run is located in Allegheny County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run

How Far From Carnegie 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 Carnegie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carnegie and extending to:

  • Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny 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 (E). If you could drive a straight line from Carnegie to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 192 miles [309 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Carnegie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carnegie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Carnegie 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Carnegie 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 Carnegie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4067, Longitude: -80.0853       In this case, the coordinates for Carnegie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.644 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.662 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.477 degrees.