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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 Nadine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nadine 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 Nadine:
    • 40.473830, -79.868746
    • 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 Nadine
  • 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 Nadine ...

We found two communities that share the name Nadine.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Nadine is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Ralls 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 Missouri community of Nadine [Ralls County].
    • New Mexico
      • Lea County
      • This Nadine is located in Lea County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nadine that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Nadine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nadine ...

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.

  • Crescent Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
    • Crescent Hills is located in Allegheny County
  • Fox Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
    • Fox Chapel is located in Allegheny County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,056 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fox Chapel <4>
  • Frick Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frick Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Park
    • Frick Park is located in Allegheny County
  • Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Allegheny County
  • Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Highland is located in Allegheny County
  • Homewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Homewood is located in Allegheny County
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Lincoln Park is located in Allegheny County
  • Peter Mans Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter Mans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Mans Corner
    • Peter Mans Corner is located in Allegheny County
  • Point Breeze
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Breeze have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
    • Point Breeze is located in Allegheny County
  • Regent Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent Square
    • Regent Square is located in Allegheny County
  • Rosedale
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Rosedale is located in Allegheny County
  • Sandy Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
    • Sandy Creek is located in Allegheny County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Shadow Shuttle
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadow Shuttle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Shuttle
      • Shadow Shuttle is located in Allegheny County
    • Squirrel Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
      • Squirrel Hill is located in Allegheny County
    • Swissvale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Universal
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
      • Universal is located in Allegheny County

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

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

  • Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Nadine to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 185 miles [297.7 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 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nadine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Allegheny County: www.county.allegheny.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 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 Nadine 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Nadine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nadine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4738, Longitude: -79.8687       In this case, the coordinates for Nadine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Nadine 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 309.507 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.517 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.355 degrees.









 

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