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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 Wishaw, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wishaw 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 Wishaw:
- 41.042792, -78.908860
- 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 Wishaw
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Wishaw is near Lawrence County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield 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 Wishaw
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wishaw ...
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.
- Big Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Deemers Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deemers Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemers Crossroads
- Desire
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Desire is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desire
- Foxburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Foxburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxburg
- Fuller
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Panic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Robertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robertsville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Sandy Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Soldier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Soldier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Stanley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stump Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Troutville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Wishaw 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 Wishaw to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wishaw and extending to:
- Brookville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wishaw to Brookville, 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 178 miles [286.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,883 miles [9,467.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wishaw) 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 Wishaw 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 Wishaw. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0428, Longitude: -78.9089 In this case, the coordinates for Wishaw have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.881 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.895 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.706 degrees. |
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