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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 Caledonia Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caledonia Park 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 Caledonia Park:
- 39.904259, -77.478599
- 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 Caledonia Park
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Caledonia Park is near Adams County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Caledonia Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caledonia Park ...
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.
- Cashtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cashtown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashtown
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cold Spring is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Falling Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Falling Spring is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Fox Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hilltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hilltown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Jugtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jugtown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Mainsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mainsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainsville
- Mount Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pond Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pond Bank is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Bank
- Scotland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Smoketown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smoketown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
- Tartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tartown is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tartown
- Trust
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Trust is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
How Far From Caledonia Park 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 Caledonia Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Caledonia Park and extending to:
- Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caledonia Park to Chambersburg, with an average speed<3> 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,459 miles [7,176.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Caledonia Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Caledonia Park 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 Caledonia Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9043, Longitude: -77.4786 In this case, the coordinates for Caledonia Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.086 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.818 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.512 degrees. |
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