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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 Two Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Two Lick 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 Two Lick:
    • 40.567567, -79.163924
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Two Lick
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Two Lick ...

We found one communities that share the name Two Lick.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Two Lick is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Two Lick in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison 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 West Virginia community of Two Lick [Harrison County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Two Lick ...

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Indiana County
  • Chevy Chase Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Heights
    • Chevy Chase Heights is located in Indiana County
  • Coral
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Crete
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crete have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
    • Crete is located in Indiana County
  • Fowler Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Heights
    • Fowler Heights is located in Indiana County
  • Grandview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
    • Grandview is located in Indiana County
  • Homer City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Indiana
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Josephine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
    • Josephine is located in Indiana County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Indiana County
  • Red Barn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Barn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Barn
    • Red Barn is located in Indiana County
  • Tearing Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tearing Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tearing Run
    • Tearing Run is located in Indiana County
  • Tide
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tide have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tide
    • Tide is located in Indiana County
  • Upper Two Lick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Two Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Two Lick
    • Upper Two Lick is located in Indiana County

How Far From Two Lick to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Two Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Two Lick and extending to:

  • Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Two Lick 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 161 miles [259.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,631 miles [10,671.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Two Lick. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Indiana County: www.countyofindiana.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 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 Two Lick 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Two Lick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Two Lick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5676, Longitude: -79.1639       In this case, the coordinates for Two Lick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Two Lick to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.068 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.034 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.003 degrees.









 

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