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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 New Beaver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Beaver 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 New Beaver:
    • 40.876452, -80.370620
    • 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 New Beaver
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since New Beaver is near Beaver County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 New Beaver

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Beaver ...

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.

  • Big Beaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
  • Duckrun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Duckrun is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckrun
  • Energy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Energy is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
  • Homewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Homewood is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Park Gate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Park Gate is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Gate
  • Possum Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
  • Rock Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Sunnyside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Union Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Union Valley is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
  • Willow Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Beaver and extending to:

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from New Beaver to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 223 miles [358.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Beaver) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 New Beaver 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 New Beaver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8765, Longitude: -80.3706       In this case, the coordinates for New Beaver have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.796 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.908 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.435 degrees.