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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 Drehersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drehersville 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 Drehersville:
- 40.642591, -76.017433
- 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 Drehersville
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Drehersville is near Berks County and also Lehigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh 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 Drehersville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drehersville ...
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.
- Chain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain
- Deer Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Five Locks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Five Locks is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Locks
- Frisbie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frisbie is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Landingville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Lorraine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lorraine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Mary-D
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Philadelphia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Quaker City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Silver Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Slateville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Slateville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateville
- Stony Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Willow Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willow Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
How Far From Drehersville 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 Drehersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Drehersville and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Drehersville to Pottsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,781 miles [9,303.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Drehersville) 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 Drehersville 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 Drehersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6426, Longitude: -76.0174 In this case, the coordinates for Drehersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.151 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.874 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.573 degrees. |
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