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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 Fearnot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fearnot 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 Fearnot:
- 40.643975, -76.636353
- 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 Fearnot
- 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 Fearnot is near Dauphin County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Fearnot
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fearnot ...
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.
- Big Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Run is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Good Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Good Spring is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Spring
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hebe
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hebe is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebe
- Klingerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Line Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Line Mountain is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Mountain
- Pillow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Point Breeze
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Point Breeze is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Rough and Ready
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Spring Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spring Glen is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
- Tower City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Urban
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Urban is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
How Far From Fearnot 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 Fearnot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fearnot and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fearnot to Pottsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 122 miles [196.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,394 miles [7,071.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fearnot) 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 Fearnot 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 Fearnot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6440, Longitude: -76.6364 In this case, the coordinates for Fearnot have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.524 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.846 degrees. |
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