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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 Peter Mans Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peter Mans Corner 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 Peter Mans Corner:
- 40.485068, -79.817549
- 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 Peter Mans Corner
- 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 Peter Mans Corner is near Westmoreland County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Peter Mans Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peter Mans Corner ...
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.
- Barking
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barking is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barking
- Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Center is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Crescent Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crescent Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Leak Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leak Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leak Run
- Leechburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Lincoln Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Milltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Milltown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Nadine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nadine is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nadine
- New Texas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Point Breeze
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Point Breeze is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Regency Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Regency Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Sandy Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sandy Creek is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Shadow Shuttle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shadow Shuttle is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Shuttle
- Unity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Unity Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Unity Junction is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Junction
- Universal
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
How Far From Peter Mans Corner 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 Peter Mans Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Peter Mans Corner and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Peter Mans Corner to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 183 miles [294.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,538 miles [7,303.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Peter Mans Corner) 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 Peter Mans Corner 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 Peter Mans Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4851, Longitude: -79.8175 In this case, the coordinates for Peter Mans Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.474 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.482 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.328 degrees. |
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