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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 Monroeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monroeville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Monroeville:
    • 40.422308, -79.790478
    • 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 Monroeville
  • 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 Monroeville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Monroeville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Monroeville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe County
      • This Monroeville is located in Monroe County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Monroeville that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Monroeville.
    • California
      • Glenn County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Monroeville [Glenn County].
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Monroeville is located in Allen County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the west of the Monroeville that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Monroeville.
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Monroeville [Newaygo County].
    • New Jersey
      • Salem County
      • This Monroeville is located in Salem County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Monroeville that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Monroeville.
    • Ohio
      • Huron County
      • This Monroeville is located in Huron County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monroeville that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Monroeville.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Monroeville is located in Jefferson County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the west northwest of the Monroeville that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Monroeville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monroeville ...

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.

  • Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
    • Center is located in Allegheny County
  • Crescent Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
    • Crescent Hills is located in Allegheny County
  • Frick Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frick Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Park
    • Frick Park is located in Allegheny County
  • Garden City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Allegheny County
  • Holiday Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
    • Holiday Park is located in Allegheny County
  • Homeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
    • Homeville is located in Allegheny County
  • Leak Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leak Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leak Run
    • Leak Run is located in Allegheny County
  • Leechburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
    • Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
  • Level Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Green
    • Level Green is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Level Green <5>
  • Lincoln Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Lincoln Park is located in Allegheny County
  • Nadine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nadine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
    • Nadine is located in Allegheny County
  • New Texas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
    • New Texas is located in Allegheny County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Peter Mans Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter Mans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Mans Corner
      • Peter Mans Corner is located in Allegheny County
    • Plum
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
      • Plum is located in Allegheny County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <5>
    • Regency Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
      • Regency Park is located in Allegheny County
    • Regent Square
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent Square
      • Regent Square is located in Allegheny County
    • Rosedale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Rosedale is located in Allegheny County
    • Sandy Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
      • Sandy Creek is located in Allegheny County
    • Shadow Shuttle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadow Shuttle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Shuttle
      • Shadow Shuttle is located in Allegheny County
    • Swissvale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Terrace
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
      • Terrace is located in Allegheny County
    • Turtle Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Unity
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
      • Unity is located in Allegheny County
    • Unity Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Junction
      • Unity Junction is located in Allegheny County
    • Universal
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
      • Universal is located in Allegheny County

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

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

  • Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Monroeville to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<6> 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 153 miles [246.2 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 180 miles [289.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Monroeville: www.monroeville.pa.us/

The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Monroeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Monroeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4223, Longitude: -79.7905    
<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 Monroeville, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Monroeville 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 Monroeville 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 309.461 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.458 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.338 degrees.




 

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