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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 Beans Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beans Cove 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 Beans Cove:
    • 39.792213, -78.578166
    • 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 Beans Cove
  • 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 Bedford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Since Beans Cove is near Allegany County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Beans Cove

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beans Cove ...

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.

  • Bard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bard is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
  • Burning Bush
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Burning Bush is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush
  • Centerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cooks Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Dickens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dickens is located in Allegany County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
  • Five Forks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Forks is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Fossilville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fossilville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossilville
  • Gravel Pit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravel Pit is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Pit
  • Patience
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Patience is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patience
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Rainsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rainsburg is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Rockville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rush
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Yonkers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Yonkers is located in Allegany County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers

How Far From Beans Cove to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beans Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Beans Cove and extending to:

  • Bedford, which is the Seat of Bedford County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beans Cove to Bedford, with an average speed<2> 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beans Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Beans Cove 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 Beans Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7922, Longitude: -78.5782       In this case, the coordinates for Beans Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.756 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.561 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.035 degrees.