Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Neshannock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neshannock and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Neshannock

• 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 Neshannock:
  • 41.215890, -80.395901
  • 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 Neshannock

• 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since Neshannock is near Trumbull County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Neshannock

Curious and Interesting Names Near Neshannock ...

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.

• Bobbys Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bobbys Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbys Corners
• Carbon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Carbon is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
• Dutch Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Dutch Hill is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
• Furnace Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Furnace Hill is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
• Greenfield
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenfield is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
• Hermitage
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hermitage is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,468 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermitage <1>
• Hickory Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
• Lyle
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyle is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle
• Trouts Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Trouts Corners is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trouts Corners
• Wheatland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Wheatland is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Estimated population in 2015: 611 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Neshannock and extending to:

• Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the East.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Neshannock to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 239 miles [384.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'