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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 Bald Eagle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle:
- 39.770381, -76.428018
- 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 Bald Eagle
- 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 Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle
Communities Also Named Bald Eagle ...
We found six communities that are also named Bald Eagle.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Bald Eagle.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Blair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bald Eagle [Blair County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bald Eagle [Douglas County].
- Kentucky
- Bath County
- This Bald Eagle is located in Bath County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Bald Eagle that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Bald Eagle.
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Bald Eagle is located in Prince George's County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bald Eagle that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Bald Eagle.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bald Eagle [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This Bald Eagle is located in Ramsey County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bald Eagle that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Bald Eagle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bald Eagle ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bobs Flow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bobs Flow is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Flow
- Bruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Bryansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Castle Fin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Coldstream
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Coldstream is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldstream
- Fawn Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Grove Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grove Mill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Mill
- Highrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highrock is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highrock
- Muddy Creek Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Muddy Creek Forks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek Forks
- New Freedom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Slab
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Stewartstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyburn is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyburn
- Wilsons Choice
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Choice is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Choice
How Far From Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bald Eagle and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bald Eagle to York, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 42 miles [67.6 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 about three full 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,419 miles [7,111.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Bald Eagle could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bald Eagle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bald Eagle 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 Bald Eagle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7704, Longitude: -76.4280 In this case, the coordinates for Bald Eagle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.468 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.096 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.111 degrees. |
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