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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 Oscar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oscar 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 Oscar:
- 40.840415, -79.370938
- 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 Oscar
- 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 Oscar is near Indiana County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Oscar
Communities Also Named Oscar ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Oscar.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Oscar is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clay County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oscar [Clay County].
- Kentucky
- Ballard County
- This Oscar is located in Ballard County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Oscar.
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- This Oscar is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Oscar.
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Oscar [Otter Tail County].
- Missouri
- Texas County
- This Oscar is located in Texas County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Oscar.
- Montana
- Hill County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Oscar [Hill County].
- North Carolina
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oscar [Jackson County].
- Oklahoma
- Jefferson County
- This Oscar is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oscar.
- Ontario
- This Oscar lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- Texas
- Bell County
- This Oscar is located in Bell County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Oscar.
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Oscar is located in Greenbrier County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Oscar that is located in Armstrong County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Oscar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oscar ...
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.
- Blanket Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blanket Hill is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanket Hill
- Bryan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Echo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Margaret
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Margaret is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaret
- Pine Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Furnace is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Furnace
- Rural Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slabtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Spaces Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spaces Corners is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaces Corners
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Oscar 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 Oscar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oscar and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies just to the West.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Oscar to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,504 miles [7,248.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Oscar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Oscar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Oscar 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. |
| <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 Oscar 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 Oscar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8404, Longitude: -79.3709 In this case, the coordinates for Oscar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.179 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.202 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.993 degrees. |
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