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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 Coffeetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coffeetown 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 Coffeetown:
    • 40.325924, -76.590245
    • 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 Coffeetown
  • 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
    • Since Coffeetown is near Dauphin County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Coffeetown

Communities Also Named Coffeetown ...

We found two communities that are also named Coffeetown.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Coffeetown.

Beyond Pennsylvania.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lehigh County
      • This Coffeetown is located in Lehigh County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coffeetown that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Coffeetown.
    • Northampton County
      • This Coffeetown is located in Northampton County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Coffeetown that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Coffeetown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coffeetown ...

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.

  • Clear Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
  • Grantville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gravel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Harper Tavern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Harper Tavern is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Tavern
  • Hershey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hockersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hockersville is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
  • Indiantown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Indiantown is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Plainville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Plainville is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Sand Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sand Beach is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
  • Shellsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
  • Union Deposit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
  • Union Water Works
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Water Works is located in Lebanon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Water Works

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Coffeetown to Lebanon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Coffeetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Coffeetown 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 Coffeetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3259, Longitude: -76.5902       In this case, the coordinates for Coffeetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.522 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.243 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.956 degrees.