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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 Houseville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Houseville 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 Houseville:
- 40.726176, -79.842832
- 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 Houseville
- 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 Houseville is near Allegheny County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Houseville
Communities Also Named Houseville ...
We found one communities that are also named Houseville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Houseville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Houseville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Lewis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Houseville [Lewis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Houseville ...
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.
- Bakerstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benjamin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Benjamin is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin
- Bricker Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bricker Crossroads is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker Crossroads
- Coal Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coal Hollow is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Curtisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Dennys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Great Belt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Hays Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hays Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ivywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ivywood is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
- Leasureville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Mineral Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mineral Spring is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Nixon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Red Hot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Red Hot is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hot
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Sandy Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Silverville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silverville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
How Far From Houseville 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 Houseville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Houseville and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Houseville to Butler, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 158 miles [254.3 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,529 miles [7,288.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Houseville 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Houseville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Houseville 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 Houseville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7262, Longitude: -79.8428 In this case, the coordinates for Houseville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.477 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.522 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.25 degrees. |
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