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 Charlestown:
40.098716, -75.552974
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.
We found fifteen communities that share the name Charlestown.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Charlestown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Armstrong County
This Charlestown is located in Armstrong County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Charlestown.
Franklin County
This Charlestown is located in Franklin County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Charlestown.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Clark County
This Charlestown is located in Clark County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Charlestown.
Kansas
Doniphan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Charlestown [Doniphan County].
Kentucky
Mason County
Although located in Mason County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Charlestown.
Maryland
Allegany County
This Charlestown is located in Allegany County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the west of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Charlestown.
Baltimore County
This Charlestown is located in Baltimore County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the southwest of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Charlestown.
Cecil County
This Charlestown is located in Cecil County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southwest of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Charlestown.
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
This Charlestown is located in Suffolk County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Charlestown.
Nebraska
York County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Charlestown [York County].
New Hampshire
Sullivan County
This Charlestown is located in Sullivan County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Charlestown.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
This Charlestown is located in Hunterdon County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Charlestown.
Ohio
Portage County
This Charlestown is located in Portage County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Charlestown.
Oregon
Umatilla County
This Charlestown is located in Umatilla County and lies 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Umatilla County community of Charlestown.
Rhode Island
Washington County
This Charlestown is located in Washington County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Charlestown that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Charlestown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Charlestown ...
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.
Birchrunville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchrunville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pikeland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Williams Corner. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
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 Charlestown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Charlestown and extending to:
West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Charlestown to West Chester, with an average speed<7> 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Charlestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charlestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0987, Longitude: -75.5530 In this case, the coordinates for Charlestown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Charlestown 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.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Charlestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Charlestown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.921 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.527 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.60 degrees.