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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 Mahoning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mahoning and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mahoning:
    • 40.932564, -79.459210
    • 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 Mahoning
  • 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 Mahoning is near Clarion County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Mahoning

Communities Also Named Mahoning ...

We found five communities that are also named Mahoning.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Mahoning.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Carbon 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 Mahoning [Carbon County].
    • Fayette County
      • This Mahoning is located in Fayette County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the south of the Mahoning that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Mahoning.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Lake 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 Indiana community of Mahoning [Lake County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Mahoning is located in Saint Louis County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Mahoning that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Mahoning.
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This Mahoning is located in Portage County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mahoning that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Mahoning.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mahoning ...

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.

  • Climax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Climax is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Deanville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Deanville is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
  • Dee
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dee is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
  • Diamond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Diamond is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Distant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Frenchs Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Frenchs Corners is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corners
  • Hooks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hooks is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
  • Pine Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Furnace is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Furnace
  • Slabtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Slabtown is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Spaces Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Spaces Corners is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaces Corners
  • Tidal
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tidal is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
  • Wildcat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wildcat is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat

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

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

  • Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mahoning to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 190 miles [305.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,910 miles [9,511.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,504 miles [7,248.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Mahoning 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 from Point A (ie- Mahoning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mahoning 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 Mahoning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9326, Longitude: -79.4592       In this case, the coordinates for Mahoning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.228 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.271 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.998 degrees.