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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 Tide, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tide 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 Tide:
- 40.554790, -79.130311
- 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 Tide
- 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 Indiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Since Tide is near Clinton County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Tide
Communities Also Named Tide ...
We found three communities that are also named Tide.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Tide is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Grant Parish
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Tide [Grant Parish].
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This Tide is located in Lane County and lies 2,267 miles [3,648.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Tide that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Tide.
- Virginia
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tide [Lee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tide ...
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.
- Chestnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chevy Chase Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chevy Chase Heights is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Heights
- Claghorn ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Claghorn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claghorn
- Coral
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fowler Heights is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Heights
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grandview is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Homer City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indiana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Josephine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Littletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Littletown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Red Barn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Barn is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Barn
- Tearing Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tearing Run is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tearing Run
- Two Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Lick
- Upper Two Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Two Lick
How Far From Tide 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 Tide to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tide and extending to:
- Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tide to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tide, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tide) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tide 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tide 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 Tide. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5548, Longitude: -79.1303 In this case, the coordinates for Tide have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.009 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.992 degrees. |
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