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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 Ailston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ailston 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 Ailston:
- 39.744271, -76.315514
- 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 Ailston
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Ailston is near Harford County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Ailston
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ailston ...
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.
- Bobs Flow
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bobs Flow is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Flow
- Bryansville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Castle Fin
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Cooper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Delta
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Highland View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highland View is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
- Peach Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prospect
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Pylesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slab
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Slate Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Sunnyburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyburn is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyburn
- Viking Highlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Viking Highlands is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking Highlands
How Far From Ailston 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 Ailston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ailston and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ailston to York, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 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- Ailston) 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 Ailston 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 Ailston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7443, Longitude: -76.3155 In this case, the coordinates for Ailston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.403 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.018 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.073 degrees. |
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