Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Butler:
  • 40.871731, -79.879777
  • 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 North Butler

• 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
  • Since North Butler is near Armstrong County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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 North Butler

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Butler ...

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.

• Bonnie Brook
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
• Butler
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Butler is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <1>
• Carbon Center
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Carbon Center is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
• Great Belt
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Great Belt is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
• Greenwood Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
• Herman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Herman is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herman <1>
• Highfield
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Highfield is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
• Lucasville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lucasville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
• Meridian
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Meridian is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
• Mount Chestnut
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Chestnut is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chestnut
• Nixon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nixon is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
• Rockdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rockdale is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
• Unionville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Unionville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

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

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

• Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from North Butler to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 203 miles [326.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'