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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 Fiketown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fiketown 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 Fiketown:
- 39.741188, -79.488373
- 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 Fiketown
- 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 Fiketown is near Garrett County and also Preston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett 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 Fiketown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fiketown ...
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.
- Blooming Rose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Rose is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
- Confluence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Park is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
- Elliottsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flat Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Friendsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mineral Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral Spring is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Sand Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sand Spring is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Stonerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stonerville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonerville
How Far From Fiketown 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 Fiketown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fiketown and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fiketown to Uniontown, with an average speed<3> 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 142 miles [228.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 143 miles [230.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,963 miles [9,596.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,553 miles [7,327.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Fiketown) 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 Fiketown 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 Fiketown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7412, Longitude: -79.4884 In this case, the coordinates for Fiketown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.311 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.183 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.453 degrees. |
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