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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 Dundore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dundore 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 Dundore:
- 40.728420, -76.856621
- 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 Dundore
- 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 Snyder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder County
- Since Dundore is near Northumberland County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Dundore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dundore ...
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.
- Dogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dogtown is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Dunkelbergers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkelbergers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkelbergers
- Fishers Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fishers Ferry is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Ferry
- Freeburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hickory Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corners is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Hunter
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mile Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otto
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Otto is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Patricksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Pillow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Cross
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Cross is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Urban
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Urban is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
How Far From Dundore 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 Dundore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dundore and extending to:
- Middleburg, which is the Seat of Snyder County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dundore to Middleburg, 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 126 miles [202.8 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,400 miles [7,081.1 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Dundore) 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 Dundore 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 Dundore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7284, Longitude: -76.8566 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.65 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.452 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.909 degrees. |
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