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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 Kenwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kenwood 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 Kenwood:
    • 40.748954, -80.297007
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Kenwood
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Kenwood ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Kenwood.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Kenwood.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Kenwood [Bucks County].
    • Indiana County
      • This Kenwood is located in Indiana County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the east of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Kenwood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Kenwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Kenwood.
    • Arkansas
      • Conway County
      • This Kenwood is located in Conway County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Kenwood.
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Kenwood is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,232 miles [3,592.1 km]<2> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Kenwood.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Kenwood [Arapahoe County].
      • Fremont County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Fremont County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Kenwood.
    • Georgia
      • Fayette County
      • This Kenwood is located in Fayette County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kenwood.
      • Muscogee County
      • This Kenwood is located in Muscogee County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the south southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Kenwood.
    • Illinois
      • Champaign County
      • This Kenwood is located in Champaign County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<2> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Kenwood.
      • Cook County
      • This Kenwood is located in Cook County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km] to the west northwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Kenwood.
    • Indiana
      • Vigo 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 Indiana community of Kenwood [Vigo County].
    • Iowa
      • Crawford County
      • This Kenwood is located in Crawford County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Kenwood.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Kenwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Kenwood.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Kenwood is located in Baltimore County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Kenwood.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kenwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the southeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kenwood.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Kenwood is located in Middlesex County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Kenwood.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Kenwood [Wayne County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Kenwood [Hennepin County].
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kenwood [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Washington 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 Mississippi community of Kenwood [Washington County].
    • Missouri
      • Knox County
      • This Kenwood is located in Knox County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<2> to the west of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Kenwood.
      • Saint Louis County
      • Although located in Saint Louis County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Kenwood.
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Kenwood [Lewis and Clark County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 Jersey community of Kenwood [Camden County].
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • This Kenwood is located in Albany County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Kenwood.
      • Madison County
      • This Kenwood is located in Madison County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the northeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Kenwood.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Kenwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Kenwood.
      • Harrison County
      • This Kenwood is located in Harrison County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Kenwood.
    • Oklahoma
      • Delaware County
      • This Kenwood is located in Delaware County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Kenwood.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This Kenwood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Kenwood.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kenwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kenwood.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Kenwood is located in Dallas County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Kenwood.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Kenwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the southeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Kenwood.
      • Hanover County
      • This Kenwood is located in Hanover County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the southeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Kenwood.
      • Hopewell City
      • This Kenwood is located in Hopewell City and lies 287 miles [461.9 km] to the southeast of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopewell City community of Kenwood.
      • Roanoke City
      • This Kenwood is located in Roanoke City and lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the south of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Kenwood.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Kenwood is located in King County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kenwood that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Kenwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kenwood ...

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.

  • Beaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,222 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <5>
  • Big Beaver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
    • Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
  • Celia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
    • Celia is located in Beaver County
  • Doctor Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doctor Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
    • Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
  • Freedom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
    • Freedom is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,458 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <5>
  • Homewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Homewood is located in Beaver County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Josephtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Josephtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
    • Josephtown is located in Beaver County
  • Knob
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Knob. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
    • Knob is located in Beaver County
  • Marion Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
    • Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
  • Merrill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
    • Merrill is located in Beaver County
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Riverview is located in Beaver County
  • Sunflower
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunflower have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Sunflower is located in Beaver County
  • Unionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Beaver County

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

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

  • Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the South.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Kenwood to Harrisburg, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kenwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Beaver County: www.co.beaver.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Kenwood 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- Kenwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7490, Longitude: -80.2970       In this case, the coordinates for Kenwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Kenwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.757 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.844 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.448 degrees.









 

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