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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 Lardin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lardin 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 Lardin:
- 39.861743, -79.896441
- 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 Lardin
- 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 Lardin is near Greene County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Lardin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lardin ...
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.
- Cats Run Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cats Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Run Junction
- Edenborn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edenborn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenborn
- Gates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Grays Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Landing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
- Griffin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Griffin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hoover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Lewis Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
- Little Chicago
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Chicago is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Live Easy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Live Easy is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Easy
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Masontown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Paisley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Paisley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Puritan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Puritan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Lardin 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 Lardin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lardin and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lardin to Uniontown, 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 161 miles [259.1 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,566 miles [7,348.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lardin) 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 Lardin 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 Lardin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8617, Longitude: -79.8964 In this case, the coordinates for Lardin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.554 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.478 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.59 degrees. |
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