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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 Lashley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lashley 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 Lashley:
    • 39.759534, -78.280845
    • 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 Lashley
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Lashley is near Washington County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Lashley

Communities Also Named Lashley ...

We found three communities that are also named Lashley.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Lashley is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Houston County
      • This Lashley is located in Houston County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lashley that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Lashley.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lashley [Belmont County].
      • Noble County
      • This Lashley is located in Noble County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the west of the Lashley that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Lashley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lashley ...

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.

  • Burnt Factory
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnt Factory is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
  • Dogtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Dogtown is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
  • Flickerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Flickerville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerville
  • Forest Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Forest Park is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Harvey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harvey is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Piney Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Piney Grove is located in Allegany County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Plum Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Plum Run is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
  • Robinsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinsonville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
  • Roundtop ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Roundtop is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
  • Silver Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Silver Mills is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Mills
  • Sir Johns Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sir Johns Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir Johns Run
  • Stanley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanley is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Timber Ridge Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Timber Ridge Heights is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge Heights

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

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

  • McConnellsburg, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lashley to McConnellsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Lashley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lashley 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.
<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 Lashley 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 Lashley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7595, Longitude: -78.2808       In this case, the coordinates for Lashley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.578 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.354 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.917 degrees.