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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 Knob, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knob 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 Knob:
- 40.698038, -80.188675
- 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 Knob
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Knob is near Butler County and also Allegheny 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 Allegheny 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 Knob
Communities Also Named Knob ...
We found five communities that are also named Knob.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Knob is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Clay County
- This Knob is located in Clay County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Knob that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Knob.
- California
- Shasta County
- This Knob is located in Shasta County and lies 2,223 miles [3,577.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Knob that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Knob.
- Georgia
- Henry County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Knob [Henry County].
- South Carolina
- Pickens County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Knob [Pickens County].
- Virginia
- Tazewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Knob [Tazewell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knob ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Byersdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Byersdale is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersdale
- Doctor Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
- Economy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Fox Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Freedom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glen Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Eden is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Marion Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
- Old Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Furnace is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Furnace
- Seven Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Sunflower
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Knob 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 Knob to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Knob and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Knob to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Knob) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Knob, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Knob 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Knob 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 Knob. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6980, Longitude: -80.1887 In this case, the coordinates for Knob have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.693 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.763 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.418 degrees. |
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