Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Queen Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Queen Junction and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Queen Junction

• 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 Queen Junction:
  • 40.969230, -79.928944
  • 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 Queen Junction

• 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
  • Since Queen Junction is near Mercer County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Queen Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Queen Junction ...

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.

• Butler
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Butler is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <1>
• Byers Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Byers Corner is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Corner
• Euclid
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Euclid is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
• Five Points
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Five Points is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Greenwood Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
• Hickory Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Corner is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
• Highfield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Highfield is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
• Hooker
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hooker is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
• Mount Chestnut
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Chestnut is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chestnut
• Muddy Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Muddy Creek is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek
• Peaceful Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Peaceful Valley is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
• Prospect
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Prospect is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,112 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <1>
• Troutman
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Troutman is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutman
• Unionville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville is located in Butler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

How Far From Queen Junction to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Queen Junction and extending to:

• Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Queen Junction to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 209 miles [336.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'