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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 Good Hope Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Good Hope Mill 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 Good Hope Mill:
- 40.266478, -76.979420
- 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 Good Hope Mill
- 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 Good Hope Mill is near Dauphin County and also Perry 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 Perry 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 Good Hope Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Good Hope Mill ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Coventry Close
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Enola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Couch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Couch is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Couch
- Glenvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glenvale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
- Good Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Jackson Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
- Kingwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Knob Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
- Lower Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Overview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Peace Church
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
- Sporting Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Summerdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Sunnyland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
How Far From Good Hope Mill 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 Good Hope Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Good Hope Mill and extending to:
- Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Good Hope Mill to Carlisle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 94 miles [151.3 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 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Good Hope Mill) 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 Good Hope Mill 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 Good Hope Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2665, Longitude: -76.9794 In this case, the coordinates for Good Hope Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.76 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.15 degrees. |
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