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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 Glades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glades 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 Glades:
- 39.730911, -79.522264
- 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 Glades
- 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 Glades is near Preston County and also Garrett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett 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 Glades
Communities Also Named Glades ...
We found eight communities that are also named Glades.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Glades.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- York County
- This Glades is located in York County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east of the Glades that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Glades.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- This Glades is located in Clay County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glades that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Glades.
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This Glades is located in Hall County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glades that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Glades.
- Putnam County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Glades [Putnam County].
- Kentucky
- Laurel 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 Kentucky community of Glades [Laurel County].
- New Brunswick
- This Glades lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glades that is located in Fayette County.
- Tennessee
- Morgan County
- This Glades is located in Morgan County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glades that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Glades.
- Sevier 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 Tennessee community of Glades [Sevier County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glades ...
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
- Deer Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Elk Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Park is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Park
- Elliottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottsville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottsville
- Five Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Five Forks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flat Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Friendsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Hill
(8 miles [12.9 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 southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Sand Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Glades 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 Glades to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glades and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glades to Uniontown, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 144 miles [231.7 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,555 miles [7,330.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Glades) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Glades, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Glades 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> | 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 Glades 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 Glades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7309, Longitude: -79.5223 In this case, the coordinates for Glades have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.332 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.206 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.472 degrees. |
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