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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 Keown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keown 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 Keown:
- 40.585901, -80.045057
- 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 Keown
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Keown is near Butler County and also Beaver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver 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 Keown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keown ...
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.
- Downieville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Downieville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Elfinwild
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elfinwild is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfinwild
- Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Fox Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fox Ridge is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Hardy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hardy is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Highcliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highcliff is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highcliff
- Ivory Avenue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ivory Avenue is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory Avenue
- Laurel Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Laurel Gardens is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Gardens
- Perrysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Perrysville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrysville
- Sample
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sample is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample
- Seven Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Keown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Keown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Keown and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Keown to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<3> 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 167 miles [268.8 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 197 miles [317 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,543 miles [7,311.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Keown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Keown 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 Keown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5859, Longitude: -80.0451 In this case, the coordinates for Keown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.651 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.393 degrees. |
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