Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Upper Peanut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upper Peanut and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Upper Peanut

• 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 Upper Peanut:
  • 39.978965, -79.778931
  • 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 Upper Peanut

• 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Since Upper Peanut is near Washington County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Upper Peanut

Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper Peanut ...

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 Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Chestnut Ridge is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chestnut Ridge <1>
• Dearth
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dearth is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearth
• Grindstone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grindstone is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grindstone <1>
• Helen
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Helen is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
• Herbert
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Herbert is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
• Lower Peanut
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Lower Peanut is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Peanut
• Mount Hope
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Hope is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
• Rocks Works
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rocks Works is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Works
• Sea Right
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sea Right is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Right
• Searights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Searights is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searights
• Smock
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Smock is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smock <1>
• Tuckertown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Tuckertown is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

How Far From Upper Peanut to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Upper Peanut and extending to:

• Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Upper Peanut to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,965 miles [9,599.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'