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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 View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East View and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 View:
    • 39.893686, -80.229788
    • 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 View
  • 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since East View is near Washington County and also Monongalia 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 Monongalia 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 View

Communities Also Named East View ...

We found nine communities that are also named East View.

Within Pennsylvania, the name East View is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This East View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the south of the East View that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of East View.
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of East View [Hardin County].
    • Michigan
      • Macomb County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Macomb County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of East View.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This East View is located in Jefferson County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the East View that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of East View.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This East View is located in Greenville County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the East View that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of East View.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This East View is located in Bradley County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the East View that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of East View.
      • Meigs County
      • This East View is located in Meigs County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the southwest of the East View that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of East View.
    • Texas
      • Gregg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of East View [Gregg County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This East View is located in Harrison County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the south of the East View that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of East View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East View ...

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.

  • Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
  • Buzz
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Buzz is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzz
  • Deer Lick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Lick is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
  • Graysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gump
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gump is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gump
  • Kirby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kirby is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Plumbsock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Plumbsock is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumbsock
  • Ringlands
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ringlands is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringlands
  • Rogersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogersville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
  • Rush Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rush Crossroads is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Crossroads
  • Stony Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Stony Point is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Ten Mile
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ten Mile is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile

How Far From East View 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 East View to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East View and extending to:

  • Waynesburg, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the East.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from East View to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,987 miles [9,635.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,704 miles [10,789 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,579 miles [7,369.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 East View 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 View 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 View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8937, Longitude: -80.2298       In this case, the coordinates for East View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.756 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.713 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.726 degrees.