Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wampum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wampum and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wampum
- 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 Wampum:
- 40.889467, -80.339786
- 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 Wampum
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Wampum is near Beaver County and also Mahoning County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Beaver County
- eBird sighting report for Mahoning 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 Wampum ...
We found two communities that share the name Wampum.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Wampum is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Wampum lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Wampum that is located in Lawrence County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wampum ...
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.
- Big Beaver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
- Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
- Duckrun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Energy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Homewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Joyce
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - New Beaver
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Park Gate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Possum Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
- Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
- Rock Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
- Union Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Union Valley is located in Lawrence County
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
How Far From Wampum 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 Wampum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wampum and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Wampum to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,668 miles [10,731.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,544 miles [7,312.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wampum. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lawrence County: www.co.lawrence.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 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 Wampum 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 from Point A (ie- Wampum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wampum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8895, Longitude: -80.3398 |
| <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 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 Wampum to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.777 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.887 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.416 degrees. |