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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 Beartown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beartown 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 Beartown:
- 39.745185, -77.500436
- 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 Beartown
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Beartown is near Washington County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Beartown
Communities Also Named Beartown ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Beartown.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Beartown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lancaster County
- This Beartown is located in Lancaster County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Beartown.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Hinsdale County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Hinsdale County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinsdale County community of Beartown.
- San Juan County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Beartown [San Juan County].
- Kentucky
- Elliott County
- This Beartown is located in Elliott County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elliott County community of Beartown.
- Montana
- Granite County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Beartown [Granite County].
- New York
- Clinton County
- This Beartown is located in Clinton County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Beartown.
- Oneida County
- This Beartown is located in Oneida County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the north northeast of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Beartown.
- Warren County
- This Beartown is located in Warren County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the northeast of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Beartown.
- Ohio
- Geauga County
- This Beartown is located in Geauga County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of Beartown.
- Tuscarawas County
- This Beartown is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km] to the west northwest of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Beartown.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Beartown is located in Sullivan County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Beartown.
- Vermont
- Bennington County
- This Beartown is located in Bennington County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Beartown.
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- This Beartown is located in McDowell County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Beartown.
- Wyoming
- Uinta County
- This Beartown is located in Uinta County and lies 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beartown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uinta County community of Beartown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beartown ...
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.
- Browns Store ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Browns Store is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Cascade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Five Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Fountain Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Fox Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Friends Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Friends Creek is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Creek
- Gladhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gladhill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladhill
- Highfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highfield is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
- Highfield - Cascade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Iron Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Jacks Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lost Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lost Valley is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Maria Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maria Furnace is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria Furnace
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Roadside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roadside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadside
- Rocky Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rocky Forge is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forge
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Tartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tartown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tartown
- Tomstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tomstown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomstown
How Far From Beartown 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 Beartown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beartown and extending to:
- Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beartown to Chambersburg, 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 63 miles [101.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beartown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beartown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Beartown 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 Beartown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7452, Longitude: -77.5004 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.11 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.584 degrees. |
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