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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 Merrill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merrill 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 Merrill:
- 40.666455, -80.355064
- 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 Merrill
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Merrill is near Columbiana County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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 Merrill
Communities Also Named Merrill ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Merrill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Merrill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Bernardino 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 California community of Merrill [San Bernardino County].
- Iowa
- Plymouth County
- This Merrill is located in Plymouth County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Merrill.
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Merrill is located in Aroostook County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Merrill.
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- This Merrill is located in Garrett County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Merrill.
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- This Merrill is located in Saginaw County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Merrill.
- Mississippi
- George County
- This Merrill is located in George County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the George County community of Merrill.
- Montana
- Yellowstone 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 Montana community of Merrill [Yellowstone County].
- New Hampshire
- Strafford 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 New Hampshire community of Merrill [Strafford County].
- New York
- Clinton County
- This Merrill is located in Clinton County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<2> to the northeast of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Merrill.
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- This Merrill is located in Klamath County and lies 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Merrill.
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Merrill is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<2> to the southwest of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Merrill.
- Wisconsin
- Lincoln County
- This Merrill is located in Lincoln County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Merrill that is located in Beaver County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Merrill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Merrill ...
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.
- Beaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blackhawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Byersdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Byersdale is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersdale
- Doctor Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Freedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hookstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Independence is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Industry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Josephtown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Josephtown is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
- Marion Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Mechanicsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Riverview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Shippingport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shippingport is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippingport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Sunflower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunflower is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Merrill 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 Merrill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Merrill and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Merrill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,553 miles [7,327.3 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 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 Merrill 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 '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- Merrill) 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 Merrill 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 Merrill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6665, Longitude: -80.3551 In this case, the coordinates for Merrill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.797 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.877 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.505 degrees. |
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