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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 Chestnut Level, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chestnut Level 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 Chestnut Level:
- 39.822881, -76.215789
- 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 Chestnut Level
- 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 Chestnut Level is near York County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Chestnut Level
Communities Also Named Chestnut Level ...
We found one communities that are also named Chestnut Level.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Chestnut Level is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Chestnut Level in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Chestnut Level [Pittsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chestnut Level ...
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.
- Buck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Buck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
- Drytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drytown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
- Hawksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hawksville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawksville
- Little Britain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Britain is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Mechanic Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove
- New Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Texas is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Oak Shade
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Shade is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
- Peach Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Quarryville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Slab
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Slate Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Truce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Truce is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truce
- Unicorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Unicorn is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unicorn
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Chestnut Level to ...
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 Chestnut Level to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Chestnut Level and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chestnut Level to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Chestnut Level 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chestnut Level) 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 Chestnut Level 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 Chestnut Level. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8229, Longitude: -76.2158 In this case, the coordinates for Chestnut Level have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.338 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.956 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.999 degrees. |
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