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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 Bendersville Station - Aspers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bendersville Station - Aspers and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Bendersville Station - Aspers
  • 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 Bendersville Station - Aspers:
    • 39.982374, -77.249903
    • 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 Bendersville Station - Aspers
  • 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Since Bendersville Station - Aspers is near Cumberland County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Bendersville Station - Aspers

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bendersville Station - Aspers ...

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.

  • Floradale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Floradale is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floradale
  • Goldenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Goldenville is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenville
  • Goodyear
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Goodyear is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear
  • Guernsey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Guernsey is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
  • Hunters Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
  • Peach Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Peach Glen is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Glen
  • Plainview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainview is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Table Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Table Rock is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock

How Far From Bendersville Station - Aspers 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 Bendersville Station - Aspers to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Gettysburg, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Bendersville Station - Aspers to Gettysburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,446 miles [7,155.1 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- Bendersville Station - Aspers) 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 Bendersville Station - Aspers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.944 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.668 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.382 degrees.