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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 Spring Church, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Church 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 Spring Church:
- 40.608311, -79.480988
- 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 Spring Church
- 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 Armstrong County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Since Spring Church is near Indiana County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Spring Church
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Church ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brick Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brick Church is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
- Cherry Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Lane is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Dime
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dime is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dime
- Elders Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elders Ridge is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elders Ridge
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hicksville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Hungry Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hungry Hollow is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hollow
- Maysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maysville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Oklahoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oklahoma is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 739 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Old Gum Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Gum Tree is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Gum Tree
- Orchard Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Pleasant View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- River View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Shady Plain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Plain is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Plain
- Vandergrift
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Spring Church 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 Spring Church to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spring Church and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Church to Kittanning, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 138 miles [222.1 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 175 miles [281.6 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 5,925 miles [9,535.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,643 miles [10,690.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Church) 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 Spring Church 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 Spring Church. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6083, Longitude: -79.4810 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.26 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.258 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.13 degrees. |
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