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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 Haines, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haines 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 Haines:
    • 40.570652, -75.616577
    • 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 Haines
  • 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 Lehigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
    • Since Haines is near Berks County and also Northampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Haines

Communities Also Named Haines ...

We found nine communities that are also named Haines.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Haines.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lancaster County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Haines [Lancaster County].
    • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Haines [Wayne County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Haines lies 2,834 miles [4,560.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Haines that is located in Lehigh County.
    • California
      • Ventura County
      • This Haines is located in Ventura County and lies 2,397 miles [3,857.6 km]<2> to the west of the Haines that is located in Lehigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Haines.
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Haines [Lowndes County].
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Haines [Tazewell County].
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Haines [Tuscola County].
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Haines.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Haines is located in Baker County and lies 2,142 miles [3,447.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Haines that is located in Lehigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Haines.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haines ...

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.

  • Ancient Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
  • Centerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Claussville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Claussville is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claussville
  • Coffeetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Coffeetown is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Crackersport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crackersport is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackersport
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Points is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Hillside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hillside is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Hilltown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hilltown is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
  • Krocksville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Krocksville is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krocksville
  • Leather Corner Post
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Leather Corner Post is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leather Corner Post
  • Longswamp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Longswamp is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longswamp
  • Lower Longswamp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lower Longswamp is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Longswamp
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Lyon Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lyon Valley is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Valley
    • Maple Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Maple Grove is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
    • Minesite
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Minesite is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minesite
    • Ringtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ringtown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringtown
    • Shamrock Station
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Shamrock Station is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Station
    • Spring Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Spring Creek is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodlawn is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Haines to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,767 miles [9,281.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Haines 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haines) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Haines, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Haines 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 Haines. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5707, Longitude: -75.6166       In this case, the coordinates for Haines have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.917 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.597 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.428 degrees.