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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 Slippery Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slippery Rock 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 Slippery Rock:
- 41.062285, -80.054402
- 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 Slippery Rock
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Slippery Rock is near Mercer County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Slippery Rock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Slippery Rock ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Carter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carter is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Currys Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Currys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currys Mills
- Elliotts Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elliotts Mills is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotts Mills
- Forestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksville
- Plain Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plain Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain Grove
- Swamproot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wick is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
How Far From Slippery Rock 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 Slippery Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Slippery Rock and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Slippery Rock to Butler, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,928 miles [9,540.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,525 miles [7,282.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Slippery Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Slippery Rock 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 Slippery Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0623, Longitude: -80.0544 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.59 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.701 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.222 degrees. |
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