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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 Craley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craley 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 Craley:
- 39.947500, -76.510500
- 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 Craley
- 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 Craley is near Lancaster County and also Harford 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 Harford 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 Craley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Craley ...
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.
- Bittersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chapel View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel View
- East Yoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Yoe is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Yoe
- Golden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Golden is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Greystone Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greystone Farms is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Farms
- Highmount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highmount is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmount
- Highville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lockport is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Locust Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Locust Spring is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Spring
- Lucky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lucky is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Margaretta Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Margaretta Furnace is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margaretta Furnace
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Martinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Orchard Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orchard Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Panorama Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Panorama Hills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
- Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Red Lion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Springvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Star Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Star Rock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Rock
- Stoner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stoner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner
How Far From Craley 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 Craley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Craley and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Craley to York, 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 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 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 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Craley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Craley 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 Craley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9475, Longitude: -76.5105 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.504 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.075 degrees. |
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