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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 Bacon Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bacon Mill 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 Bacon Mill:
- 39.817602, -76.536077
- 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 Bacon Mill
- 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 Bacon Mill is near Harford County and also Baltimore 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 Baltimore 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 Bacon Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bacon Mill ...
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.
- Airville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bald Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bald Eagle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle
- Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Cross Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cross Mill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mill
- Cross Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cross Roads is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
- Grove Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grove Mill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Mill
- Highrock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Highrock is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highrock
- Muddy Creek Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Muddy Creek Forks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek Forks
- Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Red Lion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Springvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Springvale is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Stewartstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winterstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winterstown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
How Far From Bacon Mill 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 Bacon Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bacon Mill and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bacon Mill to York, 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 68 miles [109.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 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 from Point A (ie- Bacon Mill) 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 Bacon Mill 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 Bacon Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8176, Longitude: -76.5361 In this case, the coordinates for Bacon Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.529 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.172 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.139 degrees. |
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