Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lernerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lernerville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lernerville

• 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 Lernerville:
  • 40.738121, -79.762273
  • 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 Lernerville

• 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
  • Since Lernerville is near Armstrong County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Lernerville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lernerville ...

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.

• Boggsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Boggsville is located in Armstrong County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
• Bricker Crossroads
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bricker Crossroads is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker Crossroads
• Butler Junction
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler Junction is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Junction
• Coal Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Coal Hollow is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
• Dennys Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
• Dock Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dock Hollow is located in Armstrong County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Hollow
• Great Belt
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Great Belt is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
• Houseville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Houseville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseville
• Ivywood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ivywood is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
• Laneville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Laneville is located in Armstrong County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
• Leasureville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Leasureville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
• Mineral Spring
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mineral Spring is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Spring
• Sandy Lick
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
• Silverville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Silverville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lernerville and extending to:

• Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lernerville to Butler, with an average speed<2> 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 154 miles [247.8 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 192 miles [309 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,931 miles [9,545 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'