Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fort Couch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Couch and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Couch

• 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 Fort Couch:
  • 40.246201, -76.904418
  • 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 Fort Couch

• 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
  • Since Fort Couch is near Dauphin County and also York 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 York 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 Fort Couch

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Couch ...

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.

• Cedar Cliff
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cedar Cliff is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
• Cherry Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherry Hill is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
• Coventry Close
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
• Enola
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Enola is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enola <1>
• Harrisburg
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrisburg <1>
• Hillside Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
• Jackson Lick
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
• Kingwood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
• Knob Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
• Lower Allen
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
• Peace Church
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
• Sporting Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
• Timber Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Timber Ridge is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge

How Far From Fort Couch 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 Fort Couch to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Couch and extending to:

• Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Couch to Carlisle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south (S). 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 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'