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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 Donnellytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Donnellytown 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 Donnellytown:
- 40.285643, -77.097757
- 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 Donnellytown
- 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 Donnellytown is near Perry County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Donnellytown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Donnellytown ...
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.
- Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Dellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dellville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellville
- Drytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Drytown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
- Falling Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Falling Spring is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Glenvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenvale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
- Good Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Good Hope Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Good Hope Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Mill
- Hickorytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hickorytown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorytown
- Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Kingtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kingtown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingtown
- Kingwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Locust Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mechanicsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Sporting Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Sunnyland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
How Far From Donnellytown 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 Donnellytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Donnellytown and extending to:
- Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Donnellytown to Harrisburg, 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 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 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 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 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 '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- Donnellytown) 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 Donnellytown 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 Donnellytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2856, Longitude: -77.0978 In this case, the coordinates for Donnellytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.83 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.194 degrees. |
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