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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 Oliphant Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oliphant Furnace 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 Oliphant Furnace:
- 39.842298, -79.725880
- 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 Oliphant Furnace
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Oliphant Furnace is near Preston County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Oliphant Furnace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliphant Furnace ...
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.
- Chalkhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coolspring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coolspring is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolspring
- East Fairchance
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Fairchance is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fairchance
- Evans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Hays
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Highhouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highhouse is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
- Hopwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Newcomer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomer is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomer
- Oliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oliver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Point Breeze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Point Breeze is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Ruble Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ruble Mill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble Mill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sandy Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Smiley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smiley is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- York Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- York Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Run
- York Run Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- York Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Run Junction
How Far From Oliphant Furnace 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 Oliphant Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oliphant Furnace and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Oliphant Furnace 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 157 miles [252.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,559 miles [7,337 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oliphant Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Oliphant Furnace 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 Oliphant Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8423, Longitude: -79.7259 In this case, the coordinates for Oliphant Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.451 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.358 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.521 degrees. |
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