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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 Harreldsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harreldsville 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 Harreldsville:
    • 37.063910, -86.894443
    • 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 Harreldsville
  • 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Since Harreldsville is near Logan County and also Muhlenberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Muhlenberg 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 Harreldsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harreldsville ...

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.

  • Boston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Boston is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Diamond Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond Springs is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
  • Dunmor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Edwards
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Edwards is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Gus
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gus is located in Muhlenberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gus
  • Harper Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harper Crossroads is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Crossroads
  • Henrysville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Henrysville is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
  • Hollow Bill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hollow Bill is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Bill
  • Homer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Homer is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
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How Far From Harreldsville 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 Harreldsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harreldsville and extending to:

  • Morgantown, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harreldsville to Morgantown, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,108 miles [11,439.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 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' (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- Harreldsville) 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 Harreldsville 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 Harreldsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0639, Longitude: -86.8944       In this case, the coordinates for Harreldsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.898 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.036 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.519 degrees.