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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 Rural Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rural Valley 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 Rural Valley:
- 40.187016, -80.348675
- 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 Rural Valley
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Rural Valley is near Ohio County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 Rural Valley
Communities Also Named Rural Valley ...
We found one communities that are also named Rural Valley.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Rural Valley.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Armstrong County
- This Rural Valley is located in Armstrong County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rural Valley that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Rural Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rural Valley ...
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.
- Buffalo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Buffalo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Claysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Enterprise is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Gabby Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gabby Heights is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabby Heights
- Green Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
- Lincoln Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hill
- Log Pile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Log Pile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Pile
- Manifold
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Manifold is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manifold
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Point Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Point Lookout is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
- Rich Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rich Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Sugar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
How Far From Rural Valley 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 Rural Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rural Valley and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rural Valley to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 197 miles [317 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,572 miles [7,357.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rural Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rural Valley 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 Rural Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1870, Longitude: -80.3487 In this case, the coordinates for Rural Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.816 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.825 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.675 degrees. |
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