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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 Clear Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clear Spring 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 Clear Spring:
    • 40.058704, -77.062757
    • 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 Clear Spring
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Clear Spring is near Adams County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Clear Spring

Communities Also Named Clear Spring ...

We found five communities that are also named Clear Spring.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Clear Spring.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lebanon County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County and lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Clear Spring.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clark County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Clark County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clear Spring that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Clear Spring.
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Jackson County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the west of the Clear Spring that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Clear Spring.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Clear Spring is located in Washington County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clear Spring that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Clear Spring.
    • Missouri
      • Carter 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 Missouri community of Clear Spring [Carter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clear Spring ...

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.

  • Allen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Allen is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Beavertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Beavertown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
  • Boiling Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Churchtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Churchtown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Five Points
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Goodyear
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Goodyear is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear
  • Homewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Homewood is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Hunters Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Top
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Top is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
  • Rose Garden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Rose Garden is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rosegarden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosegarden is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegarden
    • Roseville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Roseville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
    • Stevenstown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Stevenstown is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
    • Uniontown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Uniontown is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Uno
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Uno is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno
    • Williams Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove

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

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

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clear Spring to York, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 18 miles [29 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 80 miles [128.7 km] to the south (S). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,849 miles [9,413.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clear Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Clear Spring 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Clear Spring 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 Clear Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0587, Longitude: -77.0628       In this case, the coordinates for Clear Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.826 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.546 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.27 degrees.