RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Butler County >> Troutman >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Troutman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Troutman 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 Troutman:
    • 40.988119, -79.793940
    • 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 Troutman
  • 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Since Troutman is near Armstrong County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Troutman

Communities Also Named Troutman ...

We found three communities that are also named Troutman.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Troutman is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Stewart County
      • This Troutman is located in Stewart County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Troutman that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Troutman.
    • Illinois
      • Macon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Troutman [Macon County].
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Troutman is located in Iredell County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the south of the Troutman that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Troutman.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Troutman ...

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.

  • Annisville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Annisville is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annisville
  • Byers Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Byers Corner is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Corner
  • Carbon Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Carbon Center is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
  • Eldorado
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Eldorado is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
  • Euclid
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Euclid is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Five Points
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Fredericksburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Frogtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Frogtown is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Haysville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Haysville is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Hooker
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Hooker is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Lucasville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Lucasville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
    • Parsonville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Parsonville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
    • Peaceful Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Peaceful Valley is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
    • Queen Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Queen Junction is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Junction
    • Whiskerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiskerville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskerville

How Far From Troutman 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 Troutman to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Troutman and extending to:

  • Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Troutman to Butler, 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 160 miles [257.5 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Troutman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Troutman 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.
<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 Troutman 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 Troutman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9881, Longitude: -79.7939       In this case, the coordinates for Troutman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.432 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.511 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.13 degrees.