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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 Dunningtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dunningtown 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 Dunningtown:
- 40.421179, -79.582265
- 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 Dunningtown
- 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 Dunningtown is near Allegheny County and also Armstrong County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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 Dunningtown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunningtown ...
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.
- Camp Jo-Ann
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Jo-Ann is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Jo-Ann
- Crabtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Export
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Grapeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grapeville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Holiday Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Level Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Manor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manor is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <1>
- Paintertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paintertown is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintertown
- Poke Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poke Run is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poke Run
- Slickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slickville is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickville
- Trees Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trees Mills is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trees Mills
How Far From Dunningtown 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 Dunningtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dunningtown and extending to:
- Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Dunningtown 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 171 miles [275.2 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 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dunningtown) 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 Dunningtown 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 Dunningtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4212, Longitude: -79.5823 In this case, the coordinates for Dunningtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.333 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.245 degrees. |
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