Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Laurelville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurelville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Laurelville
- 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 Laurelville:
- 40.143127, -79.484675
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Laurelville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Laurelville is near Westmoreland County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- eBird sighting report for Somerset 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Laurelville ...
We found two communities that share the name Laurelville.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Laurelville.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Laurelville in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Laurelville [Lancaster County].
- Lancaster County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Hocking County
- This Laurelville is located in Hocking County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Laurelville that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Laurelville.
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurelville ...
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.
- Acme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acme have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Acme is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acme <4>
- Alice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Bear Rocks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Buckeye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Carpentertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpentertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentertown
- Carpentertown is located in Westmoreland County
- Iron Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Kecksburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecksburg
- Kecksburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Mammoth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Morewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mount Joy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Westmoreland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <4>
- Orchard Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Ridge View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Ridge View is located in Westmoreland County
- Standard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Standard Shaft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standard Shaft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Shaft
- Standard Shaft is located in Westmoreland County
- Mount Joy
How Far From Laurelville 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 Laurelville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurelville and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Laurelville to Uniontown, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 137 miles [220.5 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Laurelville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fayette County: www.fayettepa.org
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Laurelville 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Laurelville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laurelville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1431, Longitude: -79.4847 In this case, the coordinates for Laurelville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Laurelville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.288 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.219 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.304 degrees. |