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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 Glades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glades 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 Glades:
    • 40.010097, -76.680244
    • 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 Glades
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Glades is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Glades

Communities Also Named Glades ...

We found eight communities that are also named Glades.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Glades.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Fayette County
      • This Glades is located in Fayette County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west of the Glades that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Glades.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay County
      • This Glades is located in Clay County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glades that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Glades.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Glades is located in Hall County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glades that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Glades.
      • Putnam County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Glades [Putnam County].
    • Kentucky
      • Laurel County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Glades [Laurel County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Glades lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glades that is located in York County.
    • Tennessee
      • Morgan County
      • This Glades is located in Morgan County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Glades that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Glades.
      • Sevier County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Glades [Sevier County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glades ...

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.

  • Clear View
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Clear View is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
  • Fayfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fayfield is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayfield
  • Fireside Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fireside Terrace is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Terrace
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Green Acres is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Green Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Greenridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Greenridge is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Greystone Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greystone Farms is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Farms
  • Herman Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Herman Heights is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman Heights
  • Longstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Longstown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstown
  • Longview Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Longview Heights is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
  • Pleasureville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pleasureville is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
  • Skyline Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Skyline Heights is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Spring Plains
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Plains is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Plains
    • Starview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Starview is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
    • Woodland View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodland View is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland View
    • Woodstream
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Woodstream is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream
    • Yorkshire
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Yorkshire is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glades and extending to:

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Glades to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 79 miles [127.1 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<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glades) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Glades, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Glades could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>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.
<5>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 Glades 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 Glades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0101, Longitude: -76.6802       In this case, the coordinates for Glades have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.60 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.283 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.123 degrees.