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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 Southside Slopes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southside Slopes 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 Southside Slopes:
- 40.424514, -79.976163
- 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 Southside Slopes
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Southside Slopes is near Washington County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Southside Slopes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southside Slopes ...
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.
- Cherry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry City
- City View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- City View is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
- Fineview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fineview is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fineview
- Frick Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frick Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frick Park
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Glen Hazel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Hazel is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hazel
- Green Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hays
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hays is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Homewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Homewood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Lincoln Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Place is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Place
- Marshall Shadeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Shadeland is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Shadeland
- New Homestead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Homestead is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Homestead
- Regent Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Regent Square is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent Square
- Rook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rook is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rook
- Shadyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Spring Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Garden is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Squirrel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Squirrel Hill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
- Summer Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Swissvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woods Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
How Far From Southside Slopes to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Southside Slopes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Southside Slopes and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Southside Slopes to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,953 miles [9,580.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 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- Southside Slopes) 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 Southside Slopes 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 Southside Slopes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4245, Longitude: -79.9762 In this case, the coordinates for Southside Slopes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.575 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.588 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.421 degrees. |
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