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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 Cumminsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cumminsville 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 Cumminsville:
    • 40.120922, -77.315817
    • 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 Cumminsville
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Cumminsville is near Adams County and also York 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 York 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 Cumminsville

Communities Also Named Cumminsville ...

We found five communities that are also named Cumminsville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Cumminsville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Bracken County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Bracken County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cumminsville that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Cumminsville.
    • Nebraska
      • Wheeler County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cumminsville that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Cumminsville.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Livingston County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the north of the Cumminsville that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Cumminsville.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Hamilton County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the west of the Cumminsville that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cumminsville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cumminsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cumminsville ...

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.

  • Bears Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
  • Big Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Brushtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Brushtown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushtown
  • Cobblesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cobblesville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblesville
  • Elliotts Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Elliotts Mill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotts Mill
  • Hays Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hays Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Grove
  • Hockersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hockersville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
  • Huntsdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Huntsdale is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
  • Mount Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Mount Rock is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
  • Walnut Bottom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Bottom is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom

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

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

  • Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Cumminsville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> 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 85 miles [136.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cumminsville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cumminsville 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 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 Cumminsville 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 Cumminsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1209, Longitude: -77.3158       In this case, the coordinates for Cumminsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.973 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.723 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.356 degrees.