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 Chesterville:
39.777888, -75.810772
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 Chesterville
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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found ten communities that are also named Chesterville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Chesterville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Douglas County
This Chesterville is located in Douglas County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Chesterville.
Indiana
Dearborn County
This Chesterville is located in Dearborn County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Chesterville.
Maine
Franklin County
This Chesterville is located in Franklin County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Chesterville.
Maryland
Kent County
This Chesterville is located in Kent County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the south of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Chesterville.
Mississippi
Lee County
This Chesterville is located in Lee County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Chesterville.
Ohio
Morrow County
This Chesterville is located in Morrow County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Chesterville.
Ontario
This Chesterville lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the north of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
Quebec
This Chesterville lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
Texas
Colorado County
This Chesterville is located in Colorado County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Chesterville.
West Virginia
Wood County
This Chesterville is located in Wood County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the west of the Chesterville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Chesterville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chesterville ...
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.
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 Chesterville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chesterville and extending to:
West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chesterville to West Chester, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,391 miles [7,066.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chesterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Chesterville 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 Chesterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7779, Longitude: -75.8108 In this case, the coordinates for Chesterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.101 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.681 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.844 degrees.