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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 Carpentertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carpentertown 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 Carpentertown:
    • 40.185349, -79.516427
    • 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 Carpentertown
  • 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
    • Since Carpentertown is near Fayette County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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 Carpentertown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carpentertown ...

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.

  • Alice
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alice is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
  • Buckeye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Central
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Central is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Foxtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxtown is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
  • Kecksburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
  • Mammoth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mammoth is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
  • Morewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Morewood is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
  • Mount Joy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mutual
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mutual is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
  • Orchard Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
  • Ridge View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridge View is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rocktown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rocktown is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocktown
    • Standard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Standard is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
    • Standard Shaft
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Standard Shaft is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Shaft
    • United
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • United is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
    • Weavers Old Stand
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Weavers Old Stand is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Old Stand

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carpentertown and extending to:

  • Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Carpentertown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,945 miles [9,567.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carpentertown) 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 Carpentertown 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 Carpentertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1853, Longitude: -79.5164       In this case, the coordinates for Carpentertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.305 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.245 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.303 degrees.