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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 Donegal Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Donegal Heights 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 Donegal Heights:
- 40.100096, -76.516633
- 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 Donegal Heights
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Donegal Heights is near York County and also Lebanon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 Donegal Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Donegal Heights ...
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.
- Anchor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Chestnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chickies
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chickies is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickies
- Donegal Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Donegal Springs is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Springs
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Farmdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farmdale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Hempfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hempfield is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempfield
- Highmount
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Highmount is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmount
- Ironville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Kinderhook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Maytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Spring is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
- Sporting Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sporting Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
How Far From Donegal Heights 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 Donegal Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Donegal Heights and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Donegal Heights to Lancaster, 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 23 miles [37 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 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 5,825 miles [9,374.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 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>'
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Donegal Heights) 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 Donegal Heights 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 Donegal Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1001, Longitude: -76.5166 In this case, the coordinates for Donegal Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.495 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.178 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.016 degrees. |
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