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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 Hammondville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hammondville 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 Hammondville:
- 40.120628, -79.533649
- 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 Hammondville
- 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 Hammondville is near Westmoreland County and also Allegheny 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 Allegheny 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 Hammondville
Communities Also Named Hammondville ...
We found three communities that are also named Hammondville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hammondville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- This Hammondville is located in DeKalb County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hammondville that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Hammondville.
- Florida
- Broward County
- This Hammondville is located in Broward County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the south of the Hammondville that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Hammondville.
- New York
- Essex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hammondville [Essex County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hammondville ...
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.
- Alice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alice is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Bear Rocks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Buckeye
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Buckeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Hawkeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Iron Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Kingview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingview
- Morewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morewood is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
- Mount Joy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Orchard Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Pinetree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pinetree is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetree
- Ridge View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ridge View is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Standard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Standard is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Standard Shaft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Standard Shaft is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Shaft
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Hammondville 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 Hammondville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hammondville and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hammondville to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 140 miles [225.3 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 157 miles [252.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hammondville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Hammondville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hammondville 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 Hammondville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1206, Longitude: -79.5336 In this case, the coordinates for Hammondville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.334 degrees. |
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