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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 Haddenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haddenville 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 Haddenville:
- 39.929520, -79.771155
- 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 Haddenville
- 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 Haddenville is near Greene County and also Washington 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 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 Haddenville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haddenville ...
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.
- Chestnut Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dearth
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dearth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearth
- Hays
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Helen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Helen is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Herbert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Herbert is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
- Lower Peanut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lower Peanut is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peanut
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Newcomer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newcomer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
- Oliver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oliver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Rocks Works
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rocks Works is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Works
- Sandy Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sandy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Sea Right
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sea Right is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Right
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Searights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Searights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searights
- Shamrock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Uniontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Peanut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Upper Peanut is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Peanut
How Far From Haddenville 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 Haddenville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Haddenville and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Haddenville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 162 miles [260.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Haddenville) 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 Haddenville 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 Haddenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9295, Longitude: -79.7712 In this case, the coordinates for Haddenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.474 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.397 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.51 degrees. |
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