Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in West New Castle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West New Castle and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for West New Castle

• 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 New Castle:
  • 41.004889, -80.367321
  • 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 New Castle

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
  • Since West New Castle is near Mahoning County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for West New Castle

Curious and Interesting Names Near West New Castle ...

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.

• Clover
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Clover is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
• Coverts
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Coverts is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverts
• Edinburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Edinburg is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburg <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Edinburg
  • From West New Castle to Edinburg
• Grahms
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grahms is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
• Harbor
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Harbor is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
• Joyce
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Joyce is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
• Painter Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Painter Hill is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Hill
• Parkstown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Parkstown is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
• Sunnyside
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
• Union Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Union Valley is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
• Willow Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From West New Castle to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 New Castle 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 New Castle and extending to:

• New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the East.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from West New Castle to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 228 miles [366.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'