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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 Kier, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kier 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 Kier:
- 40.085907, -79.712263
- 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 Kier
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Kier is near Westmoreland County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Kier
Communities Also Named Kier ...
We found one communities that are also named Kier.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Kier is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Kier in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Buchanan 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 Iowa community of Kier [Buchanan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kier ...
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.
- Chaintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chaintown is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaintown
- Curfew
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curfew is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curfew
- Dry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dry Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Flatwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Fuller
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Hulltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hulltown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulltown
- Jacobs Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobs Creek is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Creek
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lynn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lynn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Nellie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nellie is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie
- Raineytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raineytown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raineytown
- Redstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Redstone is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Star Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Kier 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 Kier to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Kier and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kier to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> 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 149 miles [239.8 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,957 miles [9,586.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 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 Kier 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kier) 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 Kier 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 Kier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0859, Longitude: -79.7123 In this case, the coordinates for Kier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.372 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.427 degrees. |
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