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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 Middlesex, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Middlesex 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 Middlesex:
- 41.188946, -80.454791
- 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 Middlesex
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since West Middlesex is near Trumbull County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Middlesex
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Middlesex ...
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.
- Bobbys Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bobbys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobbys Corners
- Carbon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carbon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Clark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Hill is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hill
- Furnace Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Furnace Hill is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Grove City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hells Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hells Corners is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hells Corners
- Hermitage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Kansas Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kansas Corners is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Corners
- Petroleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Petroleum is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Trouts Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trouts Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trouts Corners
- Walnut Hill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Wheatland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Yankee Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Hills is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hills
How Far From West Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Middlesex to Mercer, 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 197 miles [317 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,939 miles [9,557.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,537 miles [7,301.6 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 from Point A (ie- West Middlesex) 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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1889, Longitude: -80.4548 In this case, the coordinates for West Middlesex have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.833 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.359 degrees. |
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