Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Nichola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nichola and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Nichola
- 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 Nichola:
- 40.872842, -79.685049
- 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 Nichola
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Nichola is near Butler County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- eBird sighting report for Clarion 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Nichola ...
We found one communities that share the name Nichola.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Nichola is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Nichola in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nichola ...
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.
- Boggsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boggsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Boggsville is located in Armstrong County
- Bonnie Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
- Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
- Carbon Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- Carbon Center is located in Butler County
- Craigsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
- Craigsville is located in Armstrong County
- Dennys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Furnace Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Run
- Furnace Run is located in Armstrong County
- Great Belt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Belt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Armstrong County
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- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Herman is located in Butler County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herman <3>
- Lucasville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucasville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
- Lucasville is located in Butler County
- Shadyside Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Sistersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sistersville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sistersville
- Sistersville is located in Armstrong County
- Slate Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Walkchalk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Herman
How Far From Nichola 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 Nichola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Nichola and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nichola to Kittanning, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 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 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,516 miles [7,267.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nichola. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 Nichola 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nichola) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nichola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8728, Longitude: -79.6850 In this case, the coordinates for Nichola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Nichola 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 309.371 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.425 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.124 degrees. |