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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 Vanport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanport 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 Vanport:
- 40.684510, -80.328952
- 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 Vanport
- 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- Since Vanport is near Allegheny County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Vanport
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanport ...
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.
- Beaver
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blackhawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackhawk is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Byersdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Byersdale is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersdale
- Doctor Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
- Freedom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Industry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Josephtown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Josephtown is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephtown
- Marion Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marion Hill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Hill
- Merrill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Merrill is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Shippingport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shippingport is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippingport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
- Sunflower
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunflower is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Woodlawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Vanport 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 Vanport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vanport and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Vanport to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,551 miles [7,324.1 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Vanport) 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 Vanport 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 Vanport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6845, Longitude: -80.3290 In this case, the coordinates for Vanport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.78 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.486 degrees. |
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