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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 Glyde, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glyde 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 Glyde:
- 40.125627, -80.136724
- 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 Glyde
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Glyde is near Greene County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Glyde
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glyde ...
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.
- Eighty Four
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gambles
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gambles is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambles
- Laboratory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Laboratory is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laboratory
- Little Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Little Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
- Lone Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Long Pine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Pine is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pine
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant View Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Heights is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Heights
- Scenery Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Glyde 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 Glyde to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glyde and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Glyde to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 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 east southeast (ESE). 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 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,566 miles [7,348.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glyde) 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 Glyde 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 Glyde. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1256, Longitude: -80.1367 In this case, the coordinates for Glyde have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.689 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.671 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.602 degrees. |
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