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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 Deffenbaugh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deffenbaugh 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 Deffenbaugh:
    • 39.852576, -79.873663
    • 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 Deffenbaugh
  • 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 Deffenbaugh is near Greene County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Deffenbaugh

Communities Also Named Deffenbaugh ...

We found one communities that are also named Deffenbaugh.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Deffenbaugh is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Deffenbaugh in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Deffenbaugh [Muskingum County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deffenbaugh ...

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.

  • Cats Run Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cats Run Junction is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Run Junction
  • Edenborn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Edenborn is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenborn
  • Gates
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gates is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Grays Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grays Landing is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
  • Griffin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Griffin is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Highhouse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Highhouse is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
  • Hoover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoover is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Lewis Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
  • Live Easy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Live Easy is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Easy
  • Martin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Masontown
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Old Frame
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Old Frame is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frame
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Puritan
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Puritan is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
    • Smiley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Smiley is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
    • Sunshine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunshine is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Woodside
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodside is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Deffenbaugh and extending to:

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Deffenbaugh to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,565 miles [7,346.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Deffenbaugh 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Deffenbaugh) 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 Deffenbaugh 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 Deffenbaugh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8526, Longitude: -79.8737       In this case, the coordinates for Deffenbaugh have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.54 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.461 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.583 degrees.