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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 Tidal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tidal 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 Tidal:
- 40.957729, -79.496006
- 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 Tidal
- 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 Tidal is near Clarion County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Tidal
Communities Also Named Tidal ...
We found one communities that are also named Tidal.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Tidal is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Tidal in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Creek County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Tidal [Creek County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tidal ...
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.
- Catfish
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Climax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Climax is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Deanville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Diamond is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Frenchs Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hooks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hooks is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
- Maple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sandy Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Hollow is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hollow
- Sarah Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
- Wildcat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wildcat is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Tidal 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 Tidal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tidal and extending to:
- Kittanning, which is the Seat of Armstrong County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Tidal to Kittanning, 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 144 miles [231.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 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 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Tidal could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tidal) 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 Tidal 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 Tidal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9577, Longitude: -79.4960 In this case, the coordinates for Tidal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.249 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.006 degrees. |
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