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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 Saint Clairsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Clairsville 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 Saint Clairsville:
- 40.114246, -78.493906
- 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 Saint Clairsville
- 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Since Saint Clairsville is near Blair County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Blair 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 Saint Clairsville
Communities Also Named Saint Clairsville ...
We found one communities that are also named Saint Clairsville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Saint Clairsville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Saint Clairsville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This Saint Clairsville is located in Belmont County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Clairsville that is located in Bedford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Saint Clairsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Clairsville ...
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.
- Cessna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cessna is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Churchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Churchville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Cliffs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cliffs is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
- Dutch Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Corner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corner
- Fishertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Foreman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Foreman is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman
- New Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Point is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Spring Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Meadow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Springhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Springhope is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhope
- Texas Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Texas Corner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Corner
How Far From Saint Clairsville 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 Saint Clairsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Clairsville and extending to:
- Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Clairsville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,495 miles [7,234 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Clairsville) 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 Saint Clairsville 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 Saint Clairsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1142, Longitude: -78.4939 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Clairsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.686 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.531 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.876 degrees. |
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