Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mineral Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mineral Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mineral Spring
- 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 Mineral Spring:
- 40.726176, -79.800608
- 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 Mineral Spring
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Mineral Spring is near Allegheny County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mineral Spring ...
We found six communities that share the name Mineral Spring.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Mineral Spring.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Clearfield 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 Mineral Spring [Clearfield County].
- Somerset County
- This Mineral Spring is located in Somerset County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mineral Spring that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Mineral Spring.
- Clearfield County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- This Mineral Spring is located in Garrett County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Mineral Spring that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Mineral Spring.
- Missouri
- Barry County
- This Mineral Spring is located in Barry County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Mineral Spring that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Mineral Spring.
- North Carolina
- Lincoln 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 North Carolina community of Mineral Spring [Lincoln County].
- Pender 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 North Carolina community of Mineral Spring [Pender County].
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mineral Spring ...
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.
- Benjamin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Bricker Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bricker Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker Crossroads
- Bricker Crossroads is located in Butler County
- Butler Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Junction
- Butler Junction is located in Butler County
- Coal Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hollow
- Coal Hollow is located in Butler County
- Curtisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Dennys Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Great Belt
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Belt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Houseville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houseville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houseville
- Houseville is located in Butler County
- Ivywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Laneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Leasureville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Red Hot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Rockdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Sandy Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Lick
- Sandy Lick is located in Butler County
- Silverville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverville
- Silverville is located in Butler County
- Laneville
How Far From Mineral Spring 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 Mineral Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mineral Spring and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mineral Spring to Butler, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 156 miles [251.1 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mineral Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Butler County: www.co.butler.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Mineral Spring 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- Mineral Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mineral Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7262, Longitude: -79.8006 In this case, the coordinates for Mineral Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mineral Spring, 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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mineral Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.451 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.493 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.231 degrees. |