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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 South New Castle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South New Castle and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 South New Castle:
    • 40.975061, -80.345620
    • 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 South New Castle
  • 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Since South New Castle is near Beaver County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 South New Castle

Curious and Interesting Names Near South New Castle ...

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.

  • Clover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Clover is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Coverts
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Coverts is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverts
  • Duckrun
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Duckrun is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckrun
  • Edinburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Energy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Energy is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
  • Grahms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Grahms is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
  • Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harbor is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Joyce
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Joyce is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
  • New Beaver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
  • Painter Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Painter Hill is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Hill
  • Parkstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkstown is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
  • Peanut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Peanut is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunset Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Sunset Valley is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley
    • Union Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Union Valley is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
    • Willow Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From South New Castle 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 South New Castle to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South New Castle and extending to:

  • New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from South New Castle 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 226 miles [363.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South New Castle) 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 South New Castle 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 South New Castle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9751, Longitude: -80.3456       In this case, the coordinates for South New Castle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.776 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.899 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.388 degrees.