Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Harper Tavern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harper Tavern and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Harper Tavern

• 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 Harper Tavern:
  • 40.403979, -76.577744
  • 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 Harper Tavern

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
  • Since Harper Tavern is near Dauphin County and also Schuylkill 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 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Harper Tavern

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harper Tavern ...

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 Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
• Coffeetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Coffeetown is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
• Grantville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Grantville is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grantville <1>
• Gravel Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
• Green Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Green Point is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
• Indiantown
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Indiantown is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
• Jonestown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jonestown is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <1>
• Lickdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
• Mount Ararat
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mount Ararat is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
• Rockwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rockwood is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
• Shellsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
• Union Water Works
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Water Works is located in Lebanon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Water Works

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harper Tavern and extending to:

• Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harper Tavern to Lebanon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 106 miles [170.6 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,814 miles [9,356.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,401 miles [7,082.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'