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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 Chester Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chester Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Chester Hill:
    • 40.891169, -78.228069
    • 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 Chester Hill
  • 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 Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Since Chester Hill is near Centre County and also Blair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blair 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 Chester Hill

Communities Also Named Chester Hill ...

We found two communities that are also named Chester Hill.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Chester Hill is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Chester Hill in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Chester Hill, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Richmond City
      • 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 Virginia community of Chester Hill [Richmond City].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • Distance: 9,721 miles [15,644.4 km]<2> to the west
      • Open a Google Map centered on Chester Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chester Hill ...

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.

  • Casanova
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Casanova is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casanova
  • Coaldale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Coaldale is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaldale
  • Cuba Mines
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cuba Mines is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba Mines
  • Glass City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Glass City is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
  • Graham
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Graham is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Hawk Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hawk Run is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Run
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pardee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pardee is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
  • Sandy Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
  • Scotch Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Scotch Hollow is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hollow
  • Spike Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Spike Island is located in Centre County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
  • Stumptown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stumptown is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown

How Far From Chester Hill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chester Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chester Hill and extending to:

  • Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chester Hill to Clearfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 151 miles [243 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Chester Hill 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>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- Chester Hill) 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 Chester Hill 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 Chester Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8912, Longitude: -78.2281       In this case, the coordinates for Chester Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.473 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.409 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.457 degrees.