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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 Cains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cains 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Cains
Communities Also Named Cains ...
We found one communities that are also named 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 ...
- Georgia
- Gwinnett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cains [Gwinnett County].
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)
- Beartown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Black Horse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Black Horse is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Blackhorse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blackhorse is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhorse
- Christiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Compass
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Bank is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
- Honey Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Limeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limeville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Martins Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martins Corner is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Meadville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meadville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Mountain Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Top is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Salisbury Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salisbury Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Heights
- Wagontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wagontown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagontown
- White Horse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Horse is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
How Far From Cains 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 Cains to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cains and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cains to Lancaster, 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 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<8>'
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 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 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cains 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.166 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.793 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.802 degrees. |
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