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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 Winstead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winstead and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Winstead:
    • 39.761342, -79.929379
    • 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 Winstead
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Winstead is near Greene County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Winstead

Communities Also Named Winstead ...

We found four communities that are also named Winstead.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Winstead is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Winstead [Sharp County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Winstead [Saint Mary Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Person County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Winstead [Person County].
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Winstead [Rutherford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winstead ...

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.

  • Bobtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bobtown is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
  • Friendship Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Friendship Heights is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
  • Glassworks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Glassworks is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassworks
  • Grays Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Grays Landing is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
  • Hoard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hoard is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoard
  • Locust Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Locust Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Mapletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mapletown is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
  • Martin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Martin is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Old Frame
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Frame is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frame
  • Sprucetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Sprucetown is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucetown
  • Stewartstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Stewartstown is located in Monongalia County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
  • Sunshine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sunshine is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Walnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Walnut Hill is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
  • Willow Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Tree is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Tree

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Winstead and extending to:

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winstead to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,571 miles [7,356.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Winstead 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>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 Winstead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Winstead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Winstead 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 Winstead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7613, Longitude: -79.9294       In this case, the coordinates for Winstead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.579 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.491 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.64 degrees.