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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 Frick Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frick Park 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 Frick Park:
- 40.442847, -79.896161
- 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 Frick Park
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Frick Park is near Westmoreland County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Frick Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frick Park ...
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.
- Friendship
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Glen Hazel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Hazel is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hazel
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Homestead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Homewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Homewood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Nadine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nadine is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
- New Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Homestead is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Homestead
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Regent Square
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Regent Square is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent Square
- Sandy Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Creek is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Shadyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shadyside is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Squirrel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Squirrel Hill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
- Swissvale
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Terrace is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
How Far From Frick Park 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 Frick Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frick Park and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Frick Park 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,543 miles [7,311.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frick Park) 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 Frick Park 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 Frick Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4428, Longitude: -79.8962 In this case, the coordinates for Frick Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.525 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.533 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.379 degrees. |
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