Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ellsworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellsworth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ellsworth
- 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 Ellsworth:
- 40.247014, -79.954772
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ellsworth
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Ellsworth is near Allegheny County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ellsworth ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Ellsworth.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ellsworth is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Ellsworth is located in Hillsborough County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<2> to the south of the Ellsworth that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Ellsworth.
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ellsworth [Lake County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Ellsworth is located in Cook County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ellsworth that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Ellsworth.
- McLean County
- This Ellsworth is located in McLean County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km] to the west of the Ellsworth that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Ellsworth.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Jackson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Ellsworth.
- Mahoning County
- This Ellsworth is located in Mahoning County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ellsworth that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Ellsworth.
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellsworth ...
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.
- Black Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Black Diamond is located in Washington County
- Elizabeth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Elizabeth is located in Allegheny County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,480 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <4>
- Elkhorn
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Experiment
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Experiment have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Experiment
- Experiment is located in Allegheny County
- Gill Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Ginger Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ginger Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hill
- Ginger Hill is located in Washington County
- Library
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Library have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Library
- Library is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Library <4>
- New Eagle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eagle
- New Eagle is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,079 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Eagle <4>
- Pierce
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Piney Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Piney Fork is located in Allegheny County
- River View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- River View is located in Washington County
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Shire Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shire Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shire Oaks
- Shire Oaks is located in Washington County
- Sunny Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Side have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Turkeyfoot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkeyfoot have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
- Turkeyfoot is located in Washington County
- Piney Fork
How Far From Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellsworth and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ellsworth to Washington, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 161 miles [259.1 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 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,553 miles [7,327.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ellsworth. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ellsworth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Ellsworth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ellsworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2470, Longitude: -79.9548 In this case, the coordinates for Ellsworth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Ellsworth 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Ellsworth to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.571 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.556 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.476 degrees. |