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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 Dunkle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunkle 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 Dunkle:
    • 40.213127, -80.418677
    • 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 Dunkle
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Dunkle is near Brooke County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Dunkle

Communities Also Named Dunkle ...

We found two communities that are also named Dunkle.

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

Beyond Pennsylvania.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Jefferson 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 Pennsylvania community of Dunkle [Jefferson County].
    • McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Dunkle [McKean County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunkle ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Buffalo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Claysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Coon Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Coon Island is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Island
  • Cross Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cross Creek is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Brooke County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Frogtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Frogtown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Hickory
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
  • Independence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Independence is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lincoln Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hill
    • Log Pile
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Log Pile is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Pile
    • Oak Grove
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Oak Grove is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Rural Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rural Valley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Valley
    • Sugar Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Hill is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
    • Virginville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Virginville is located in Brooke County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginville

How Far From Dunkle to ...

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

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

  • Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dunkle to Washington, 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 186 miles [299.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 201 miles [323.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 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 Dunkle 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dunkle) 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 Dunkle 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 Dunkle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2131, Longitude: -80.4187       In this case, the coordinates for Dunkle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.858 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.877 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.697 degrees.