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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 East Butler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Butler 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 East Butler:
- 40.879509, -79.843386
- 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 East Butler
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since East Butler is near Armstrong County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong 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 East Butler
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Butler ...
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.
- Bonnie Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
- Butler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Carbon Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- Great Belt
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Greenwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Herman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Highfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highfield is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
- Lucasville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lucasville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Meridian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
How Far From East Butler 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 East Butler to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Butler and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from East Butler 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 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 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Butler) 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 East Butler 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 East Butler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8795, Longitude: -79.8434 In this case, the coordinates for East Butler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.469 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.536 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.193 degrees. |
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