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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 Osborne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Osborne 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 Osborne:
    • 40.531734, -80.168947
    • 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 Osborne
  • 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
    • Since Osborne is near Beaver County and also Washington 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 Washington 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 Osborne

Communities Also Named Osborne ...

We found ten communities that are also named Osborne.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Osborne is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This Osborne is located in Shasta County and lies 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Osborne.
    • Iowa
      • Clayton County
      • This Osborne is located in Clayton County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Osborne.
    • Kansas
      • Osborne County
      • This Osborne is located in Osborne County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the west of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osborne County community of Osborne.
    • Manitoba
      • This Osborne lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Osborne is located in Harford County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Osborne.
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • This Osborne is located in Richmond County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the south of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Osborne.
    • Ontario
      • This Osborne lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
    • Texas
      • Wilbarger County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Osborne [Wilbarger County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • This Osborne is located in Grant County and lies 1,968 miles [3,167.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Osborne.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Osborne is located in Kanawha County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Osborne that is located in Allegheny County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Osborne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Osborne ...

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.

  • Byersdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Byersdale is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersdale
  • Fairoaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairoaks is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
  • Forest Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Grove is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Gayly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Gayly is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayly
  • Gringo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gringo is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
  • Haysville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Haysville is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
  • Highcliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Highcliff is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highcliff
  • Imperial
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Moon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Moon is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
  • Moon Crest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Moon Crest is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Crest
  • Moon Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moon Run is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Run
  • Shields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Shields is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Stoops Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Stoops Ferry is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoops Ferry
  • Windgap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Windgap is located in Allegheny County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windgap

How Far From Osborne to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Osborne to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Osborne and extending to:

  • Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Osborne to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 173 miles [278.4 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 201 miles [323.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,551 miles [7,324.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Osborne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Osborne 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Osborne 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 Osborne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5317, Longitude: -80.1689       In this case, the coordinates for Osborne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.689 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.733 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.469 degrees.