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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 Dry Valley Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Valley Crossroads 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 Dry Valley Crossroads:
- 40.891924, -76.914534
- 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 Dry Valley Crossroads
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Dry Valley Crossroads is near Snyder County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Dry Valley Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Valley Crossroads ...
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.
- Buffalo Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo Crossroads is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Crossroads
- Caketown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Caketown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caketown
- College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- College Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Dice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dice is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
- Dogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fairville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Globe Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hummels Wharf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Kelly Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kelly Point is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Point
- Kreamer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Purdytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Purdytown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdytown
- Turtleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turtleville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtleville
- Wildwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Dry Valley Crossroads to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dry Valley Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dry Valley Crossroads and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Dry Valley Crossroads to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,396 miles [7,074.7 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- Dry Valley Crossroads) 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 Dry Valley Crossroads 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 Dry Valley Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8919, Longitude: -76.9145 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Valley Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.672 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.867 degrees. |
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