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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 Uniontown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Uniontown 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 Uniontown:
- 39.899798, -79.697821
- 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 Uniontown
- 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 East Uniontown is near Greene County and also Preston 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 Preston 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 Uniontown
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Uniontown ...
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.
- Chalkhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coolspring
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coolspring is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- Dearth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dearth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearth
- East Fairchance
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Fairchance is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairchance
- Evans
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Hays
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Hopwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Monarch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monarch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Independence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Independence
- Newcomer
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newcomer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oliphant Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oliphant Furnace is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliphant Furnace
- Oliver
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Rocks Works
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocks Works is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Works
- Sandy Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sandy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Shamrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shamrock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From East Uniontown 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 Uniontown 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 Uniontown and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from East Uniontown 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 157 miles [252.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- East Uniontown) 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 Uniontown 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 Uniontown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8998, Longitude: -79.6978 In this case, the coordinates for East Uniontown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.431 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.344 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.488 degrees. |
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