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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 Fertility, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fertility 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 Fertility:
- 40.027043, -76.243013
- 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 Fertility
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Fertility is near York County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 Fertility
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fertility ...
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.
- Bird-in-Hand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clearview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clearview is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Eden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eden is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Heights
- Greenland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Holland Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Holland Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
- Homeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Homeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Irishtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Irishtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Lime Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lime Valley is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Valley
- Oregon
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oregon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Roseville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Smoketown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Stumptown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stumptown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Weavertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Weavertown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavertown
- Willow Street
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Fertility 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 Fertility to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fertility and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Fertility to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 88 miles [141.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,816 miles [9,359.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,401 miles [7,082.7 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 '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- Fertility) 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 Fertility 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 Fertility. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0270, Longitude: -76.2430 In this case, the coordinates for Fertility have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.338 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.988 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.927 degrees. |
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