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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 Slickville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slickville 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 Slickville:
- 40.459789, -79.523098
- 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 Slickville
- 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 Westmoreland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Since Slickville is near Armstrong County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Slickville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Slickville ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Camp Jo-Ann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Camp Jo-Ann is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Jo-Ann
- Cherry Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherry Lane is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Crabtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Export
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hicksville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Maysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maysville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Oklahoma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Old Crabtree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Crabtree is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Crabtree
- Orchard Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Poke Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poke Run is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poke Run
- Trees Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trees Mills is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trees Mills
How Far From Slickville 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 Slickville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Slickville and extending to:
- Greensburg, which is the Seat of Westmoreland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Slickville to Greensburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 139 miles [223.7 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 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Slickville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Slickville 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 Slickville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4598, Longitude: -79.5231 In this case, the coordinates for Slickville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.295 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.274 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.204 degrees. |
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