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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 Harmony Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony Junction 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 Harmony Junction:
- 40.796176, -80.103116
- 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 Harmony Junction
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Harmony Junction is near Beaver County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Harmony Junction
Communities Also Named Harmony Junction ...
We found one communities that are also named Harmony Junction.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Harmony Junction is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Harmony Junction in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Prince Edward Island
- This Harmony Junction lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Harmony Junction that is located in Butler County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Junction ...
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.
- Celia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Celia is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
- Evans City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Glen Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Eden is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Harmony
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lillyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lillyville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
- Old Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Furnace is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Furnace
- Petersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Pleasant Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Prospect
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pyles Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pyles Mills is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyles Mills
- Seven Fields
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Harmony Junction to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Harmony Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harmony Junction and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harmony Junction to Butler, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Harmony Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Harmony Junction 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 Harmony Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7962, Longitude: -80.1031 In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.635 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.343 degrees. |
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