Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Cloverly Acres:
  • 40.552863, -76.935532
  • 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 Cloverly Acres

• 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
  • Since Cloverly Acres is near Perry County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Cloverly Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloverly Acres ...

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.

• Centerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Centerville is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Elizabethville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethville is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethville <1>
• Enders
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Enders is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
• Enterline
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Enterline is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline
• Fisherville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fisherville is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
• Half Falls
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Half Falls is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Falls
• Liverpool
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Liverpool is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 957 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liverpool <1>
• Malta
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Malta is located in Northumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
• Matterstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Matterstown is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matterstown
• Mount Patrick
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Patrick is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick
• Oriental
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oriental is located in Juniata County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
• Reservoir Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Reservoir Heights is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Heights
• Reward
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Reward is located in Perry County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward

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

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

• Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cloverly Acres to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> 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 south (S). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'