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 Beulah Land:
41.478402, -77.442202
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 Beulah Land
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 Lycoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named Beulah Land.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Beulah Land is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Limestone County
This Beulah Land is located in Limestone County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beulah Land that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Beulah Land.
Maryland
Cecil County
This Beulah Land is located in Cecil County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beulah Land that is located in Lycoming County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Beulah Land.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beulah Land ...
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.
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 Beulah Land to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beulah Land and extending to:
Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beulah Land to Williamsport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,805 miles [9,342.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,397 miles [7,076.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beulah Land) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Beulah Land 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 Beulah Land. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4784, Longitude: -77.4422 In this case, the coordinates for Beulah Land have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.946 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.905 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.864 degrees.