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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 Venetia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Venetia 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 Venetia:
- 40.246737, -80.042275
- 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 Venetia
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Venetia is near Allegheny County and also Westmoreland 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 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 Venetia
Communities Also Named Venetia ...
We found three communities that are also named Venetia.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Venetia is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Venetia [Mobile County].
- Florida
- Duval County
- This Venetia is located in Duval County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the south of the Venetia that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Venetia.
- Texas
- Leon County
- This Venetia is located in Leon County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Venetia that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Venetia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Venetia ...
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.
- Elkhorn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elkhorn is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Experiment
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Experiment is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Experiment
- Gambles
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gambles is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambles
- Gill Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gill Hall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill Hall
- Ginger Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hill
- Jewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jewell is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Library
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Library Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Library Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Library Junction
- New Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pierce is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Piney Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Fork is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- River View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- River View is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Shire Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shire Oaks is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shire Oaks
- Turkeyfoot
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Turkeyfoot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkeyfoot
How Far From Venetia 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 Venetia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Venetia and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Venetia to Washington, with an average speed<4> 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 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 185 miles [297.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,964 miles [9,598.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,557 miles [7,333.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Venetia 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> | 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- Venetia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Venetia 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 Venetia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2467, Longitude: -80.0423 In this case, the coordinates for Venetia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.625 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.617 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.516 degrees. |
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