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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 Beaverdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaverdale 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 Beaverdale:
- 40.791198, -76.426619
- 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 Beaverdale
- 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 Northumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Since Beaverdale is near Schuylkill County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Beaverdale
Communities Also Named Beaverdale ...
We found five communities that are also named Beaverdale.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Beaverdale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Cambria County
- This Beaverdale is located in Cambria County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Beaverdale that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Beaverdale.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Whitfield County
- This Beaverdale is located in Whitfield County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beaverdale that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitfield County community of Beaverdale.
- Iowa
- Des Moines County
- This Beaverdale is located in Des Moines County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west of the Beaverdale that is located in Northumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Des Moines County community of Beaverdale.
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Beaverdale [Polk County].
- Ontario
- This Beaverdale lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Beaverdale that is located in Northumberland County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaverdale ...
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.
- Alaska
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Atlas
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Atlas is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Diamondtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Diamondtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondtown
- Locust Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Locust Summit
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Locust Summit is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Summit
- Locustdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Natalie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Strong
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Strong is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
How Far From Beaverdale 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 Beaverdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaverdale and extending to:
- Sunbury, which is the Seat of Northumberland County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beaverdale to Sunbury, 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 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 134 miles [215.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,792 miles [9,321.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,379 miles [7,047.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beaverdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Beaverdale 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. |
| <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 Beaverdale 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 Beaverdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7912, Longitude: -76.4266 In this case, the coordinates for Beaverdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.385 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.162 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.692 degrees. |
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