Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Midland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Midland
- 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 Midland:
- 40.258959, -80.218114
- 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 Midland
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Midland is near Allegheny County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- eBird sighting report for Brooke 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Midland ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Midland.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Midland.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Lyon County
- This Midland is located in Lyon County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Midland.
- Tama County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Midland [Tama County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Midland [Butler County].
- Douglas County
- This Midland is located in Douglas County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the west of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Midland.
- Republic County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Midland [Republic County].
- Sedgwick County
- This Midland is located in Sedgwick County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km] to the west of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Midland.
- Kentucky
- Bath County
- This Midland is located in Bath County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Midland.
- Muhlenberg County
- This Midland is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the west southwest of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Midland.
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Midland lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- New Jersey
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Midland lies 1,258 miles [2,024.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Midland lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north of the Midland that is located in Washington County.
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Midland [Douglas County].
- Marquette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Midland [Marquette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midland ...
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.
- Bishop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Cokeburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Cool Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cool Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Valley
- Cool Valley is located in Washington County
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Washington County
- Hill Church
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Church have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Church
- Hill Church is located in Washington County
- Manifold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Meadow Lands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Lands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lands
- Meadow Lands is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow Lands <5>
- Muse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Muse Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muse Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muse Junction
- Muse Junction is located in Washington County
- Rich Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Weavertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weavertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavertown
- Weavertown is located in Washington County
How Far From Midland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Midland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midland and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Midland to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,970 miles [9,607.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Midland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.pa.us/
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- Midland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2590, Longitude: -80.2181 In this case, the coordinates for Midland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Midland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Midland 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. |
| <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 Midland 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 309.733 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.741 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.59 degrees. |