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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 Wildcat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wildcat 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 Wildcat:
    • 41.025342, -79.479767
    • 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 Wildcat
  • 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
    • Since Wildcat is near Armstrong County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong 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 Wildcat

Communities Also Named Wildcat ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Wildcat.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Wildcat is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wildcat [Crittenden County].
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Wildcat is located in Weld County and lies 1,327 miles [2,135.6 km]<2> to the west of the Wildcat that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Wildcat.
    • Louisiana
      • Tensas Parish
      • This Wildcat is located in Tensas Parish and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wildcat that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Wildcat.
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • Although located in McKinley County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Wildcat.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Oklahoma
      • Okmulgee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Wildcat [Okmulgee County].
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wildcat [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wildcat [Henderson County].
    • Utah
      • Carbon County
      • This Wildcat is located in Carbon County and lies 1,648 miles [2,652.2 km]<2> to the west of the Wildcat that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Wildcat.
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wildcat [Braxton County].
      • Lewis County
      • This Wildcat is located in Lewis County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wildcat that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Wildcat.
    • Wyoming
      • Campbell County
      • This Wildcat is located in Campbell County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wildcat that is located in Clarion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Wildcat.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wildcat ...

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.

  • Catfish
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Catfish is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
  • Churchville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Churchville is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Climax
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Climax is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Cottage Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cottage Hill is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
  • Curllsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Curllsville is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curllsville
  • Deanville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Deanville is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
  • Dee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dee is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
  • Diamond
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Diamond is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Frostburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Frostburg is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
  • Hooks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hooks is located in Armstrong County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
  • Huey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Huey is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huey
  • Maple Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Maple Grove is located in Clarion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Riverview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverview is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Rockville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rockville is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Sandy Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sandy Hollow is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hollow
    • Sarah Furnace
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sarah Furnace is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah Furnace
    • Squirrel Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Squirrel Hill is located in Clarion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Hill
    • Tidal
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Tidal is located in Armstrong County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal

How Far From Wildcat 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 Wildcat to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wildcat and extending to:

  • Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wildcat to Clarion, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,502 miles [7,245.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wildcat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wildcat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Wildcat 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.
<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 Wildcat 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 Wildcat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0253, Longitude: -79.4798       In this case, the coordinates for Wildcat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.235 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.294 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.973 degrees.