Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cains and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cains
- 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 Cains:
- 40.027047, -75.954115
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cains
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Cains is near Chester County and also Berks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- eBird sighting report for Berks 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cains ...
We found one communities that share the name Cains.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cains is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Cains in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cains ...
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.
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Black Horse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Black Horse is located in Chester County
- Blackhorse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackhorse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Blackhorse is located in Chester County
- Christiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Christiana is located in Lancaster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,165 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christiana <3>
- Compass
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap
- Gap is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gap <3>
- Green Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Green Bank is located in Lancaster County
- Honey Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Brook
- Honey Brook is located in Chester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honey Brook <3>
- Limeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Martins Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Martins Corner is located in Chester County
- Meadville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Mountain Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Top have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Mountain Top is located in Lancaster County
- Salisbury Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Salisbury Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Wagontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - White Horse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- White Horse is located in Lancaster County
- Martins Corner
How Far From Cains to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cains to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Cains and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<4> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cains to Lancaster, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,388 miles [7,061.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cains. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cains 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Cains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0270, Longitude: -75.9541 In this case, the coordinates for Cains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cains to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.166 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.793 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.802 degrees. |