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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 Cornwall Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornwall Center 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 Cornwall Center:
- 40.277315, -76.413017
- 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 Cornwall Center
- 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 Cornwall Center is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Cornwall Center
Communities Also Named Cornwall Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Cornwall Center.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cornwall Center is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Cornwall Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Litchfield 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 Connecticut community of Cornwall Center [Litchfield County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornwall Center ...
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.
- Anthracite
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Anthracite is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthracite
- Buffalo Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Cornwall
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cornwall Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cornwall Furnace is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
- Cornwall Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
- Edisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Edisonville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisonville
- Hebron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Miners Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Moonstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moonstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonstown
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Pansy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pansy Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Poplar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Quentin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Timber Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
How Far From Cornwall Center to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cornwall Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cornwall Center and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Cornwall Center to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cornwall Center 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cornwall Center) 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 Cornwall Center 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 Cornwall Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2773, Longitude: -76.4130 In this case, the coordinates for Cornwall Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.419 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.12 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.898 degrees. |
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