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 Ararat:
41.829591, -75.524799
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.
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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Ararat.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ararat is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Choctaw County
This Ararat is located in Choctaw County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ararat that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Ararat.
Georgia
Dodge County
This Ararat is located in Dodge County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ararat that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Ararat.
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
This Ararat is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ararat that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Ararat.
North Carolina
Surry County
This Ararat is located in Surry County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ararat that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Ararat.
South Carolina
Berkeley County
This Ararat is located in Berkeley County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ararat that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Ararat.
Virginia
Patrick County
This Ararat is located in Patrick County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ararat that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Ararat.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ararat ...
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.
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 Ararat to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ararat and extending to:
Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Ararat to Montrose, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,301 miles [6,921.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ararat) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Ararat 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 Ararat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8296, Longitude: -75.5248 In this case, the coordinates for Ararat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.74 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.598 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.842 degrees.