Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Paintersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paintersville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Paintersville
- 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 Paintersville:
- 40.213126, -79.606707
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Paintersville
- 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Since Paintersville is near Fayette County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Paintersville ...
We found three communities that share the name Paintersville.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Paintersville.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Mifflin County
- This Paintersville is located in Mifflin County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Paintersville that is located in Westmoreland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Paintersville.
- Mifflin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sacramento County
- This Paintersville is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,226 miles [3,582.4 km]<1> to the west of the Paintersville that is located in Westmoreland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Paintersville.
- Ohio
- Greene County
- This Paintersville is located in Greene County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the west of the Paintersville that is located in Westmoreland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Paintersville.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paintersville ...
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.
- Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Buckeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Carpentertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpentertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentertown
- Carpentertown is located in Westmoreland County
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Westmoreland County
- Central
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Evanstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Foxtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Hawkeye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Herminie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herminie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herminie
- Herminie is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herminie <4>
- Hunker
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunker
- Hunker is located in Westmoreland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunker <4>
- Keystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lake Denise
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Denise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Denise
- Lake Denise is located in Westmoreland County
- Lincoln Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Westmoreland County
- Morewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Westmoreland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <4>
- Mutual
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Orchard Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Pinetree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Ridge View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Ridge View is located in Westmoreland County
- Rocktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Standard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Standard Shaft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standard Shaft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard Shaft
- Standard Shaft is located in Westmoreland County
- Swede Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swede Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Hill
- Swede Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Turkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkeytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeytown
- Turkeytown is located in Westmoreland County
- United
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
- United is located in Westmoreland County
- Weavers Old Stand
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weavers Old Stand have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Old Stand
- Weavers Old Stand is located in Westmoreland County
- Lake Denise
How Far From Paintersville 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 Paintersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paintersville and extending to:
- Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Paintersville 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 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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paintersville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Westmoreland County: www.co.westmoreland.pa.us/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Paintersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paintersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2131, Longitude: -79.6067 In this case, the coordinates for Paintersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Paintersville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.359 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.31 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.333 degrees. |