Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hamlin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamlin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hamlin
- 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 Hamlin:
- 40.448147, -76.375790
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hamlin
- 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
- Since Hamlin is near Berks County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Berks County
- eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hamlin ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Hamlin.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Hamlin.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- McKean County
- Wayne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Hamlin lies 1,882 miles [3,028.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hamlin that is located in Lebanon County.
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- North Dakota
- Saskatchewan
- This Hamlin lies 1,718 miles [2,764.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hamlin that is located in Lebanon County.
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alberta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamlin ...
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.
- Ebenezer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Fredericksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Fredericksburg is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <5>
- Freeport Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport Mills
- Freeport Mills is located in Lebanon County
- Frystown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Hebron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Jonestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Jonestown is located in Lebanon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <5>
- Lickdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Marstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Mount Ararat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Ararat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
- Mount Ararat is located in Lebanon County
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Round Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Head have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Head
- Round Head is located in Berks County
- Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shirksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirksville
- Shirksville is located in Lebanon County
- Sunset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Weavertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weavertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavertown
- Weavertown is located in Lebanon County
- Wintersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wintersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Shirksville
How Far From Hamlin 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 Hamlin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hamlin and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Hamlin to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,390 miles [7,065 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hamlin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lebanon County: www.lebcounty.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hamlin 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hamlin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hamlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4481, Longitude: -76.3758 In this case, the coordinates for Hamlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hamlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Hamlin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.383 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.105 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.812 degrees. |