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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 Nichola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nichola 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Nichola
Communities Also Named Nichola ...
We found one communities that are also named 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 ...
- Alabama
- Clarke 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 Alabama community of Nichola [Clarke County].
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)
- Boggsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Bonnie Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
- Carbon Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carbon Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- Craigsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Craigsville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
- Dennys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Frogtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Furnace Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Furnace Run is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Run
- Great Belt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Great Belt is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Herman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lucasville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucasville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
- Shadyside Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- Sistersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sistersville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sistersville
- Slate Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Walkchalk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walkchalk is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkchalk
How Far From Nichola 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 Nichola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Nichola and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nichola to Kittanning, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,516 miles [7,267.8 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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> | 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nichola) 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 Nichola 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.371 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.425 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.124 degrees. |
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