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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 Beaufort Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaufort Farms 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 Beaufort Farms:
- 40.324255, -76.884974
- 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 Beaufort Farms
- 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Since Beaufort Farms is near Perry County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Beaufort Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaufort Farms ...
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.
- Coventry Close
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Enola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Fox Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Harrisburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Haven Croft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
- Hillside Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Jackson Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Marysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Overview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Pleasant Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Poplar Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Gardens
- Progress
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Ridgeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rustic Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Singersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Singersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stone Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
- Summerdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Beaufort Farms 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 Beaufort Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beaufort Farms and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Beaufort Farms to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,417 miles [7,108.5 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' (or 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- Beaufort Farms) 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 Beaufort Farms 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 Beaufort Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3243, Longitude: -76.8850 In this case, the coordinates for Beaufort Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.699 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.444 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.086 degrees. |
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