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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 Glade Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glade Mills 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 Glade Mills:
- 40.724103, -79.925296
- 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 Glade Mills
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Glade Mills is near Allegheny County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Glade Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glade Mills ...
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.
- Bakerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Curtisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Downieville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Downieville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Hays Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hays Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Houseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Houseville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseville
- Ivywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ivywood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
- Mars
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mineral Spring is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Nixon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Red Hot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hot is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hot
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
How Far From Glade Mills 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 Glade Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glade Mills and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Glade Mills to Butler, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 162 miles [260.7 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 198 miles [318.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glade Mills) 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 Glade Mills 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 Glade Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7241, Longitude: -79.9253 In this case, the coordinates for Glade Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.528 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.58 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.288 degrees. |
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