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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 Ogle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ogle 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 Ogle:
- 40.703973, -80.104355
- 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 Ogle
- 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 Ogle is near Beaver County and also Allegheny 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 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 Ogle
Communities Also Named Ogle ...
We found four communities that are also named Ogle.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ogle is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Eagle 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 Colorado community of Ogle [Eagle County].
- Illinois
- Mercer County
- This Ogle is located in Mercer County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the west of the Ogle that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Ogle.
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- This Ogle is located in Clay County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ogle that is located in Butler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Ogle.
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Ogle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ogle ...
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.
- Downieville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Downieville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downieville
- Economy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Evans City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Glen Eden
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glen Eden is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Junction is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Junction
- Hays Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hays Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Mill
- Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Seven Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Ogle 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 Ogle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ogle and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ogle to Butler, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ogle 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> | 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- Ogle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ogle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ogle 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 Ogle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7040, Longitude: -80.1044 In this case, the coordinates for Ogle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.64 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.704 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.377 degrees. |
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