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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 Dunlap Creek Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunlap Creek Village 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 Dunlap Creek Village:
- 39.968964, -79.869214
- 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 Dunlap Creek Village
- 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 Dunlap Creek Village is near Washington County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Dunlap Creek Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunlap Creek Village ...
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.
- Century
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Century is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century
- Chestnut Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dearth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dearth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearth
- Filbert
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Filbert is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
- Grindstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heistersburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
- Helen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Helen is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Herbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herbert is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Ralph
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ralph is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Republic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Republic is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Rocks Works
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocks Works is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Works
- Sea Right
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sea Right is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Right
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Searights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Searights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searights
- Shamrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Smock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Superior
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Superior is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Tuckertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tuckertown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Upper Peanut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Peanut is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Peanut
How Far From Dunlap Creek Village 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 Dunlap Creek Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dunlap Creek Village and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dunlap Creek Village to Uniontown, with an average speed<3> 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 159 miles [255.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Dunlap Creek Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dunlap Creek Village 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 Dunlap Creek Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9690, Longitude: -79.8692 In this case, the coordinates for Dunlap Creek Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.532 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.469 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.539 degrees. |
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