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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 River View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River View and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 River View:
    • 40.605066, -79.579212
    • 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 River View
  • 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 River View is near Westmoreland County and also Allegheny 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 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for River View

Communities Also Named River View ...

We found eleven communities that are also named River View.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named River View.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lehigh County
      • This River View is located in Lehigh County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the east of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of River View.
    • Washington County
      • This River View is located in Washington County and lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of River View.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This River View is located in Chambers County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of River View.
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This River View is located in Calvert County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of River View.
    • New Brunswick
      • This River View lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of River View [Mecklenburg County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This River View is located in Butler County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of River View.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • This River View is located in Kent County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of River View.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This River View is located in Claiborne County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of River View.
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • This River View is located in Warren County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the River View that is located in Armstrong County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of River View.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette 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 West Virginia community of River View [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near River View ...

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.

  • Apollo
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Apollo is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apollo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,507 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Apollo <4>
  • Cherry Lane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherry Lane is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
  • Georgetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Hungry Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hungry Hollow is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hollow
  • Leechburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oklahoma
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
  • Orchard Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
  • Pleasant View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Vandergrift
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)

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

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

  • Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from River View to Kittanning, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 143 miles [230.1 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,929 miles [9,541.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- River View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 River View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 River View 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 River View 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 River View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6051, Longitude: -79.5792       In this case, the coordinates for River View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.321 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.327 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.176 degrees.