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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 Fuller, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fuller 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 Fuller:
    • 40.097296, -79.745319
    • 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 Fuller
  • 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 Fuller 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 Fuller

Communities Also Named Fuller ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Fuller.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Fuller.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This Fuller is located in Jefferson County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fuller.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tallapoosa County
      • This Fuller is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Fuller.
    • California
      • Imperial County
      • This Fuller is located in Imperial County and lies 2,027 miles [3,262.1 km]<1> to the west of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Fuller.
    • Idaho
      • Gooding County
      • This Fuller is located in Gooding County and lies 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gooding County community of Fuller.
    • Illinois
      • Coles County
      • This Fuller is located in Coles County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the west of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Fuller.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Fuller is located in Crawford County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the west of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Fuller.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Fuller is located in Frederick County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Fuller.
    • Michigan
      • Gogebic County
      • This Fuller is located in Gogebic County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Fuller.
      • Kent 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 Michigan community of Fuller [Kent County].
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Benton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Fuller.
    • Montana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fuller is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,676 miles [2,697.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fuller.
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa 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 Oklahoma community of Fuller [Tulsa County].
    • Ontario
      • This Fuller lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
    • Tennessee
      • Johnson County
      • This Fuller is located in Johnson County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Fuller.
    • Texas
      • Wheeler County
      • This Fuller is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km]<1> to the west of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Fuller.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Fuller is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,209 miles [3,555 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fuller that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Fuller.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fuller ...

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.

  • Chaintown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chaintown is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaintown
  • Curfew
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Curfew is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curfew
  • Eureka
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Eureka is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Flatwoods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Flatwoods is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
  • Jacobs Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jacobs Creek is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Creek
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lynn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lynn is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Naomi
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Naomi is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi
  • Pricedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pricedale is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricedale
  • Redstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Redstone is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
  • Star Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Fuller to Uniontown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 151 miles [243 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,550 miles [7,322.5 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fuller) 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 Fuller 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 Fuller, 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 Fuller 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 Fuller. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0973, Longitude: -79.7453       In this case, the coordinates for Fuller have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.45 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.396 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.437 degrees.