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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 Hanover Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanover Heights and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hanover Heights:
    • 40.333422, -76.750525
    • 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 Hanover Heights
  • 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
    • Since Hanover Heights is near Lebanon County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Hanover Heights

Communities Also Named Hanover Heights ...

We found three communities that are also named Hanover Heights.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Hanover Heights.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Chester 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 Hanover Heights [Chester County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Hanover Heights is located in Hanover County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the south of the Hanover Heights that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Hanover Heights.
      • Newport News City
      • This Hanover Heights is located in Newport News City and lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the south of the Hanover Heights that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Hanover Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanover Heights ...

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.

  • Fox Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
  • Haven Croft
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
  • High Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • High Ridge is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
  • Hillymeade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hillymeade is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillymeade
  • Holiday Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Holiday Park is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Kent Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kent Gardens is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
  • Lakeview Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Locust Lane Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Lane Gardens is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lane Gardens
  • Mountain View
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mountain View is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Piketown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Piketown is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piketown
  • Pleasant Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant View is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Poplar Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Poplar Gardens is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Gardens
    • Ridgeview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Ritzie Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Ritzie Village is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritzie Village
    • Rustic Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
    • Sand Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sand Beach is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
    • Shellsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Skyline View
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
    • Twin Lakes Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Lakes Park is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Park
    • Union Deposit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit

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

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

  • Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hanover Heights to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,825 miles [9,374.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Hanover Heights 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- Hanover Heights) 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 Hanover Heights 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 Hanover Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3334, Longitude: -76.7505       In this case, the coordinates for Hanover Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.617 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.353 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.023 degrees.