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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 Lookabough Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lookabough Corners 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 Lookabough Corners:
- 40.664232, -79.603935
- 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 Lookabough Corners
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Lookabough Corners is near Westmoreland County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Lookabough Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lookabough Corners ...
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.
- Aladdin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Apollo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bagdad
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Butler Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Butler Junction is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Junction
- Cooks Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cooks Summit is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Summit
- Dime
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dime is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dime
- Dock Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dock Hollow is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Hollow
- Forks Church
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forks Church is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks Church
- Freeport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hungry Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hungry Hollow is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hollow
- Laneville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Laneville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Leechburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Old Gum Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Gum Tree is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Gum Tree
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- River View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- River View is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Vandergrift
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
How Far From Lookabough Corners 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 Lookabough Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lookabough Corners and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lookabough Corners to Kittanning, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 145 miles [233.4 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 182 miles [292.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lookabough Corners) 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 Lookabough Corners 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 Lookabough Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6642, Longitude: -79.6039 In this case, the coordinates for Lookabough Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.333 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.349 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.165 degrees. |
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