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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 Graham Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graham Crossing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Graham Crossing:
    • 39.988409, -79.661428
    • 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 Graham Crossing
  • 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 Graham Crossing 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 Graham Crossing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Graham Crossing ...

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.

  • Crossland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Crossland is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossland
  • Elm Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Elm Grove is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Factory Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Factory Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
  • Flatwoods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Flatwoods is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
  • Furnace Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Furnace Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
  • Hardy Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardy Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
  • Hulltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hulltown is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulltown
  • Irishtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Irishtown is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Liberty is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Little Summit
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Little Summit is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
  • Monarch
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Monarch is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Mount Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mount Independence
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mount Independence is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Independence
    • Nellie
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Nellie is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
    • Raineytown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Raineytown is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raineytown
    • Reservoir Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Reservoir Hill is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
    • Rogerstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
    • Trotter
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Trotter is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Graham Crossing and extending to:

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Graham Crossing to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • 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).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,551 miles [7,324.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Graham Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Graham Crossing 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 Graham Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9884, Longitude: -79.6614       In this case, the coordinates for Graham Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.404 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.327 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.44 degrees.