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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 Hardy Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardy Hill 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 Hardy Hill:
    • 39.964242, -79.601706
    • 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 Hardy Hill
  • 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 Hardy Hill is near Westmoreland County and also Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Hardy Hill

Communities Also Named Hardy Hill ...

We found one communities that are also named Hardy Hill.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Hardy Hill is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Hardy Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Hardy Hill is located in Penobscot County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hardy Hill that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Hardy Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardy Hill ...

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.

  • Factory Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Factory Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
  • Furnace Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Furnace Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
  • Graham Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Graham Crossing is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Crossing
  • Indian Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indian Creek is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Irishtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Irishtown is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
  • Little Summit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Summit is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
  • Monarch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Monarch is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Mount Independence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Independence is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Independence
  • Reservoir Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Reservoir Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
  • Rogerstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
  • Trotter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Trotter is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter

How Far From Hardy Hill 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 Hardy Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hardy Hill and extending to:

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hardy Hill 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 155 miles [249.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Hardy Hill) 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 Hardy Hill 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 Hardy Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9642, Longitude: -79.6017       In this case, the coordinates for Hardy Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.369 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.283 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.422 degrees.