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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 Peanut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peanut 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 Peanut:
    • 41.008671, -80.470346
    • 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 Peanut
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since Peanut is near Mahoning County and also Trumbull County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull 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 Peanut

Communities Also Named Peanut ...

We found seven communities that are also named Peanut.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Peanut.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Westmoreland County
      • This Peanut is located in Westmoreland County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Peanut that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Peanut.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Peanut is located in Franklin County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Peanut that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Peanut.
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Peanut is located in Trinity County and lies 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Peanut that is located in Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Peanut.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow 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 North Carolina community of Peanut [Onslow County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cocke 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 Tennessee community of Peanut [Cocke County].
    • Virginia
      • Sussex 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 Virginia community of Peanut [Sussex County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion 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 West Virginia community of Peanut [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peanut ...

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.

  • Clover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clover is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Coverts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Coverts is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverts
  • Edinburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Ginger Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ginger Hill is located in Mahoning County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hill
  • Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbor is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Hillsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
  • Parkstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Parkstown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
  • Poland Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Poland Center is located in Mahoning County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland Center
  • Sunnyside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Willow Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From Peanut 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 Peanut to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the East.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Peanut to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,544 miles [7,312.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Peanut) 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 Peanut 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 Peanut 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 Peanut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0087, Longitude: -80.4703       In this case, the coordinates for Peanut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.852 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.99 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.433 degrees.