Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Victory Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victory Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Victory Heights
- 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 Victory Heights:
- 41.363115, -79.761997
- 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 Victory Heights
- 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 Venango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Venango County
- Since Victory Heights is near Clarion County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- eBird sighting report for Mercer 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Victory Heights ...
We found nine communities that share the name Victory Heights.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Victory Heights is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Although located in Hartford County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Victory Heights.
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This Victory Heights is located in Chatham County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the south of the Victory Heights that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Victory Heights.
- Muscogee County
- This Victory Heights is located in Muscogee County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the south southwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Victory Heights.
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Victory Heights is located in Clark County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Victory Heights.
- New York
- Chemung County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Victory Heights [Chemung County].
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Victory Heights [Shelby County].
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the south of the Victory Heights that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Victory Heights.
- Washington
- King County
- This Victory Heights is located in King County and lies 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Victory Heights.
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- This Victory Heights is located in Rock County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Victory Heights that is located in Venango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Victory Heights.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Victory Heights ...
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.
- Ajax
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Bully Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bully Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
- Bully Hill is located in Venango County
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Cranberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Egypt Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Corners
- Egypt Corners is located in Venango County
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,966 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
- Galena Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Hill
- Galena Hill is located in Venango County
- Gurney Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gurney Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney Hill
- Gurney Hill is located in Venango County
- Maple Shade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
- Maple Shade is located in Venango County
- Mapledale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Oil City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,543 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oil City <4>
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocky Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Grove
- Rocky Grove is located in Venango County
- Rose Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Gardens
- Rose Gardens is located in Venango County
- Sugarcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarcreek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Twin Churchs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Churchs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Churchs
- Twin Churchs is located in Venango County
- Twin Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Grove
How Far From Victory Heights 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 Victory Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Victory Heights and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Venango County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Victory Heights to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Victory Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Venango County: www.co.venango.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Victory Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Victory Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3631, Longitude: -79.7620 In this case, the coordinates for Victory Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Victory Heights 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Victory Heights 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 309.39 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.521 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.974 degrees. |