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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 Jeannette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jeannette 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 Jeannette:
    • 40.328827, -79.616035
    • 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 Jeannette
  • 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
    • Since Jeannette is near Allegheny County and also Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Jeannette

Communities Also Named Jeannette ...

We found five communities that are also named Jeannette.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Jeannette is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden 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 Arkansas community of Jeannette [Crittenden County].
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • This Jeannette is located in Adams County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Jeannette that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Jeannette.
    • Ontario
      • This Jeannette lies 197 miles [317 km]<2> to the northwest of the Jeannette that is located in Westmoreland County.
    • Tennessee
      • Decatur County
      • This Jeannette is located in Decatur County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Jeannette that is located in Westmoreland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Jeannette.
    • Texas
      • Jack 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 Texas community of Jeannette [Jack County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jeannette ...

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.

  • Carbon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carbon is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
  • Centerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Centerville is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cereal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cereal is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cereal
  • Circleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Circleville is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
  • Evanstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Evanstown is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanstown
  • Export
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Export is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Export
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 846 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Export <3>
  • Georges Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Georges Station is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Station
  • Grapeville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Grapeville is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
  • Herminie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Irwin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <3>
  • Jacktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jacktown is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Keystone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Lincoln Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Manor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Manor is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manor <3>
    • Paintertown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Paintertown is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintertown
    • Scab Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Scab Hill is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scab Hill
    • Sunset Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunset Valley is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley
    • Swede Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Swede Hill is located in Westmoreland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Hill

How Far From Jeannette 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 city such as Jeannette to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Jeannette to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 169 miles [272 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,943 miles [9,564.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,535 miles [7,298.4 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 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 Jeannette 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>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- Jeannette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Jeannette 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 Jeannette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3288, Longitude: -79.6160    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.359 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.327 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.295 degrees.