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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 Homestead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Homestead 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 New Homestead:
- 40.391180, -79.920606
- 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 Homestead
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since New Homestead is near Westmoreland County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Homestead
Communities Also Named New Homestead ...
We found one communities that are also named New Homestead.
Within Pennsylvania, the name New Homestead is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named New Homestead in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Hopkins 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 Kentucky community of New Homestead [Hopkins County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Homestead ...
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.
- Frick Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Frick Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Park
- Glen Hazel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glen Hazel is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hazel
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hays
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hays is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Homestead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Homeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Homeville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
- Lincoln Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lincoln Place is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Place
- New England
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New England is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- Regent Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Regent Square is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent Square
- Squirrel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Squirrel Hill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
- Surgeon Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Surgeon Hall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surgeon Hall
- Swissvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Terrace is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
How Far From New Homestead 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 Homestead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in New Homestead and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from New Homestead to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 184 miles [296.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 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 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 New Homestead 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- New Homestead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 New Homestead 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 Homestead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3912, Longitude: -79.9206 In this case, the coordinates for New Homestead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.543 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.546 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.408 degrees. |
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