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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 Crabtree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crabtree 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 Crabtree:
    • 40.362291, -79.470595
    • 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 Crabtree
  • 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 Crabtree is near Indiana County and also Armstrong County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong 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 Crabtree

Communities Also Named Crabtree ...

We found ten communities that are also named Crabtree.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Crabtree is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Van Buren County
      • This Crabtree is located in Van Buren County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Crabtree.
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • This Crabtree is located in Fresno County and lies 2,133 miles [3,432.7 km]<1> to the west of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Crabtree.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett 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 Maryland community of Crabtree [Garrett County].
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Crabtree is located in Haywood County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Crabtree.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • This Crabtree is located in Scioto County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Crabtree.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Crabtree is located in Linn County and lies 2,204 miles [3,547 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Crabtree.
    • Quebec
      • This Crabtree lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter County
      • This Crabtree is located in Carter County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Crabtree.
    • Virginia
      • Dickenson 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 Virginia community of Crabtree [Dickenson County].
    • Washington
      • Whitman County
      • This Crabtree is located in Whitman County and lies 1,918 miles [3,086.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crabtree that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Crabtree.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crabtree ...

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.

  • Carbon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carbon is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
  • Dorothy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorothy is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
  • Five Points
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Georges Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Georges Station is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Station
  • Grapeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Grapeville is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
  • Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Highland is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Lloydsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lloydsville is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
  • Old Crabtree
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Old Crabtree is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Crabtree
  • Slickville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
  • Superior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Superior is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
  • Swede Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Swede Hill is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Hill
  • Trees Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Trees Mills is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trees Mills

How Far From Crabtree to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Crabtree to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Crabtree 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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,936 miles [9,553.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Crabtree) 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 Crabtree 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 Crabtree 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 Crabtree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3623, Longitude: -79.4706       In this case, the coordinates for Crabtree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.268 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.229 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.217 degrees.