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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 Mill Run Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill Run Junction 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 Mill Run Junction:
- 39.963964, -79.453092
- 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 Mill Run Junction
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Mill Run Junction is near Somerset County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Mill Run Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Run Junction ...
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.
- Breakneck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breakneck is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakneck
- Coldbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coldbrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
- Draketown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Draketown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
- Factory Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Factory Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
- Furnace Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Furnace Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Hardy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hardy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Indian Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Indian Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Irishtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Irishtown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mill Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Normalville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Reservoir Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Reservoir Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
- Rogers Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Mill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill
- Stonerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stonerville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonerville
How Far From Mill Run Junction 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 Mill Run Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mill Run Junction and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mill Run Junction to Uniontown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 137 miles [220.5 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,543 miles [7,311.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mill Run Junction) 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 Mill Run Junction 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 Mill Run Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9640, Longitude: -79.4531 In this case, the coordinates for Mill Run Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.278 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.18 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.356 degrees. |
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