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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 Connellsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Connellsville 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 Connellsville:
- 40.017638, -79.590294
- 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 Connellsville
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Connellsville is near Westmoreland County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Connellsville
Communities Also Named Connellsville ...
We found two communities that are also named Connellsville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Connellsville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Connellsville [Tuscaloosa County].
- Utah
- Connellsville #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Connellsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Connellsville ...
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.
- Breakneck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Breakneck is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakneck
- Coldbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coldbrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
- Crossland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crossland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossland
- Dry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Factory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Factory Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
- Furnace Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furnace Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Graham Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graham Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Crossing
- Hardy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hardy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Hulltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hulltown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulltown
- Irishtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Irishtown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Little Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Summit is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Monarch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monarch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Nellie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nellie is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Poplar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Raineytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raineytown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raineytown
- Reservoir Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reservoir Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
- Rogerstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trotter
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Trotter is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter
How Far From Connellsville 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 city such as Connellsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Connellsville and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Connellsville to Uniontown, with an average speed<3> 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 144 miles [231.7 km] to the east (E). 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Connellsville 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Connellsville) 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 Connellsville 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 Connellsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0176, Longitude: -79.5903 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.359 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.397 degrees. |
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