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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 Cyrus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cyrus 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 Cyrus:
    • 41.239782, -79.809219
    • 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 Cyrus
  • 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango County
    • Since Cyrus is near Butler County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Cyrus

Communities Also Named Cyrus ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cyrus.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Cyrus is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Ness County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Ness County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ness County community of Cyrus.
      • Trego 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 Kansas community of Cyrus [Trego County].
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Cyrus is located in Magoffin County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Cyrus that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Cyrus.
    • Minnesota
      • Pope County
      • This Cyrus is located in Pope County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Cyrus that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Cyrus.
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Cyrus is located in Stoddard County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Cyrus that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Cyrus.
    • Nebraska
      • Cheyenne County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Cheyenne County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Cyrus.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Cyrus is located in Onslow County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Cyrus that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Cyrus.
    • Texas
      • Bosque 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 Texas community of Cyrus [Bosque County].
    • West Virginia
      • Roane 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 West Virginia community of Cyrus [Roane County].
      • Wayne County
      • This Cyrus is located in Wayne County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<3> to the southwest of the Cyrus that is located in Venango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cyrus.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cyrus ...

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.

  • Ajax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ajax is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
  • Cherry Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
  • Coal City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Coal City is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Lisbon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lisbon is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Nectarine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nectarine is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
  • Pearl
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pearl is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Pecan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pecan is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
  • Riddle Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Riddle Crossroads is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Crossroads
  • Rockland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockland is located in Venango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Sandy Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Point is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point

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

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

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Cyrus to Franklin, with an average speed<4> 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 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Cyrus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Cyrus 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cyrus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cyrus 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 Cyrus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2398, Longitude: -79.8092       In this case, the coordinates for Cyrus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.427 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.544 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.043 degrees.