Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Chickies, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chickies and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Chickies

• 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 Chickies:
  • 40.057041, -76.524688
  • 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 Chickies

• 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 Chickies is near York County and also Dauphin 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 Dauphin 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 Chickies

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chickies ...

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.

• Chestnut Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Chestnut Hill is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
• Donegal Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Donegal Heights is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Heights
• Donegal Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Donegal Springs is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Springs
• Farmdale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Farmdale is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
• Hempfield
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hempfield is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempfield
• Highmount
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Highmount is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmount
• Ironville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Ironville is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
• Kinderhook
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Kinderhook is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
• Maytown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Maytown is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maytown <1>
• Mount Joy
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Joy is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Joy <1>
• Silver Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Silver Spring is located in Lancaster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
• Stoner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stoner is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner

How Far From Chickies 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 Chickies to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chickies and extending to:

• Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Chickies to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'