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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 West Elizabeth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Elizabeth 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 West Elizabeth:
- 40.272848, -79.895049
- 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 West Elizabeth
- 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 Allegheny County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny County
- Since West Elizabeth is near Washington County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 West Elizabeth
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Elizabeth ...
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.
- Boston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coal Valley is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Eden Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Park is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Elizabeth
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Experiment
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Experiment is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Experiment
- Gill Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gill Hall is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill Hall
- Glassport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lovedale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lovedale is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovedale
- Mustard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mustard is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustard
- New England
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New England is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
- Otto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Otto is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Pierce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Shire Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shire Oaks is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shire Oaks
How Far From West Elizabeth 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 West Elizabeth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Elizabeth and extending to:
- Pittsburgh, which is the Seat of Allegheny County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Elizabeth to Pittsburgh, with an average speed<3> 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 158 miles [254.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,957 miles [9,586.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Elizabeth) 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 West Elizabeth 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 West Elizabeth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2728, Longitude: -79.8950 In this case, the coordinates for West Elizabeth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.533 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.44 degrees. |
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