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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 Mount Washington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Washington 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 Mount Washington:
    • 40.760621, -80.325619
    • 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 Mount Washington
  • 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 Mount Washington is near Lawrence County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Mount Washington

Communities Also Named Mount Washington ...

We found ten communities that are also named Mount Washington.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Mount Washington.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Allegheny County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Allegheny County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Mount Washington.
    • Fayette County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Fayette County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Mount Washington.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Mount Washington.
    • Indiana
      • Putnam County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mount Washington [Putnam County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Bullitt County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Mount Washington.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Mount Washington is located in Baltimore City and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Mount Washington.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Mount Washington.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Jackson County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Mount Washington.
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Mount Washington [Coos County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Mount Washington is located in Hamilton County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Washington that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Mount Washington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Washington ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Big Beaver
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
  • Blackhawk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackhawk is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
  • Celia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Celia is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
  • Doctor Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
  • Freedom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Homewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Homewood is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Josephtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Josephtown is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
  • Lillyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lillyville is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
  • Marion Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
  • Merrill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Merrill is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
  • Park Gate
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Park Gate is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Gate
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Possum Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
    • Riverview
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Riverview is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Rock Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Rowtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Rowtown is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowtown
    • Sunflower
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunflower is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Unionville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Unionville is located in Beaver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

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

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

  • Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mount Washington 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 216 miles [347.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four 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 5,953 miles [9,580.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,548 miles [7,319.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mount Washington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mount Washington 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.
<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 Mount Washington 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 Mount Washington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7606, Longitude: -80.3256       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Washington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.774 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.865 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.457 degrees.