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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 Wall Rose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wall Rose 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 Wall Rose:
- 40.634234, -80.160615
- 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 Wall Rose
- 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 Wall Rose 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 Wall Rose
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wall Rose ...
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.
- Byersdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Byersdale is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersdale
- Doctor Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doctor Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctor Heights
- Economy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Fairoaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairoaks is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Fox Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Freedom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Eden is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Gringo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Haysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Haysville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Moon Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moon Crest is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Crest
- Seven Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shields
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shields is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Stoops Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stoops Ferry is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoops Ferry
- Sunflower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Wall Rose 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 Wall Rose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wall Rose and extending to:
- Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wall Rose to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wall Rose) 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 Wall Rose 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 Wall Rose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6342, Longitude: -80.1606 In this case, the coordinates for Wall Rose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.679 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.428 degrees. |
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