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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 Romney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Romney 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 Romney:
- 40.045629, -79.402535
- 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 Romney
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Romney is near Westmoreland County and also Somerset 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 Somerset 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 Romney
Communities Also Named Romney ...
We found five communities that are also named Romney.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Romney is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Tippecanoe County
- This Romney is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the west of the Romney that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Romney.
- Kentucky
- Hopkins 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 Kentucky community of Romney [Hopkins County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Romney.
- Texas
- Eastland County
- This Romney is located in Eastland County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Romney that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Romney.
- West Virginia
- Hampshire County
- This Romney is located in Hampshire County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the southeast of the Romney that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Romney.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Romney ...
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.
- Acme
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Champion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Donegal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Indian Head
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Indian Head is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
- Jones Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Normalville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rogers Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rogers Mill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill
How Far From Romney 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 Romney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Romney and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Romney to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 134 miles [215.7 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 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 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 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- Romney) 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 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 Romney 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 Romney 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 Romney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0456, Longitude: -79.4025 In this case, the coordinates for Romney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.243 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.153 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.304 degrees. |
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