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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 Unity Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Unity Junction 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 Unity Junction:
- 40.498124, -79.785881
- 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 Unity Junction
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since Unity Junction is near Westmoreland County and also Armstrong County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong 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 Unity Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Unity Junction ...
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.
- Barking
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barking is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barking
- Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Crescent Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crescent Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Hills
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Leak Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Leak Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leak Run
- Leechburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Milltown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- New Texas
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Peter Mans Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peter Mans Corner is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Mans Corner
- Plum
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Point Breeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Point Breeze is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Regency Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Regency Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- River Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- River Valley is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Valley
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Sandy Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Creek is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- Shadow Shuttle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Shuttle is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Shuttle
- Unity
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Unity is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Universal
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Universal is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Universal
How Far From Unity Junction 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 Unity Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Unity Junction and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Unity Junction to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 153 miles [246.2 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 183 miles [294.5 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 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,536 miles [7,300 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 '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- Unity Junction) 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 Unity Junction 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 Unity Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4981, Longitude: -79.7859 In this case, the coordinates for Unity Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.454 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.309 degrees. |
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