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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 Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manor 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 Manor:
    • 40.632567, -78.983642
    • 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 Manor
  • 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 Manor ...

We found nine communities that share the name Manor.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Manor.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Manor is located in Westmoreland County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Manor that is located in Indiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Manor.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Marin County
      • This Manor is located in Marin County and lies 2,312 miles [3,720.8 km]<1> to the west of the Manor that is located in Indiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marin County community of Manor.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle 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 Delaware community of Manor [New Castle County].
    • Georgia
      • Ware County
      • This Manor is located in Ware County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Manor that is located in Indiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ware County community of Manor.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Manor is located in Baltimore County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Manor that is located in Indiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Manor.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Manor [Montgomery County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Manor lies 1,277 miles [2,055.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manor that is located in Indiana County.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Manor is located in Travis County and lies 1,258 miles [2,024.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Manor that is located in Indiana County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Manor.
    • Virginia
      • Warren 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 Virginia community of Manor [Warren County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Manor ...

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.

  • Buck Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buck Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
    • Buck Run is located in Indiana County
  • Commodore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cookport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
    • Cookport is located in Indiana County
  • Diamondville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamondville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondville
    • Diamondville is located in Indiana County
  • Dicksonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dicksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonville
    • Dicksonville is located in Indiana County
  • Ideal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ideal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
    • Ideal is located in Indiana County
  • Learn Settlement
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Learn Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learn Settlement
    • Learn Settlement is located in Indiana County
  • Lovejoy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovejoy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
    • Lovejoy is located in Indiana County
  • Pikes Peak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pikes Peak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
    • Pikes Peak is located in Indiana County
  • Rembrant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rembrant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rembrant
    • Rembrant is located in Indiana County
  • Sample Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sample Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample Run
    • Sample Run is located in Indiana County
  • Starford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starford
    • Starford is located in Indiana County
  • Suncliff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suncliff
    • Suncliff is located in Indiana County

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

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

  • Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies just to the West.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Manor to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Indiana County: www.countyofindiana.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6326, Longitude: -78.9836       In this case, the coordinates for Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Manor 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Manor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Manor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.953 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.914 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.897 degrees.









 

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