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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 Coverdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coverdale 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 Coverdale:
    • 40.878952, -80.363953
    • 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 Coverdale
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Coverdale is near Beaver County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 Coverdale

Communities Also Named Coverdale ...

We found six communities that are also named Coverdale.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Coverdale.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Allegheny County
      • This Coverdale is located in Allegheny County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Coverdale that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Coverdale.
    • Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Coverdale [Blair County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Turner County
      • This Coverdale is located in Turner County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Coverdale that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Turner County community of Coverdale.
    • Louisiana
      • Allen Parish
      • This Coverdale is located in Allen Parish and lies 997 miles [1,604.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Coverdale that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Coverdale.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Coverdale lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coverdale that is located in Lawrence County.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Coverdale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coverdale ...

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.

  • Big Beaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
  • Duckrun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Duckrun is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckrun
  • Energy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Energy is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
  • Homewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Homewood is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Joyce
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Joyce is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
  • Lillyville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lillyville is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
  • New Beaver
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
  • Park Gate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Gate is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Gate
  • Possum Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
  • Rock Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Sunnyside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Union Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Union Valley is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
  • Willow Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

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

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

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Coverdale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Coverdale) 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 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 Coverdale 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 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 Coverdale 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 Coverdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8790, Longitude: -80.3640       In this case, the coordinates for Coverdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.792 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.903 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.431 degrees.