Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harpers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harpers and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harpers
- 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 Harpers:
- 40.779261, -75.556574
- 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 Harpers
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Harpers is near Carbon County and also Lehigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- eBird sighting report for Lehigh 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 Harpers ...
We found six communities that share the name Harpers.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Harpers.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harpers ...
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.
- Apps
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Cherryville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
- Cherryville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherryville <4>
- Christian Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corner
- Christian Corner is located in Carbon County
- Danielsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danielsville
- Danielsville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danielsville <4>
- Emerald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hazard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Indianland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indianland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianland
- Indianland is located in Northampton County
- Little Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Petersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Petersville is located in Northampton County
- River View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- River View is located in Lehigh County
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Slate Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Slate Valley is located in Northampton County
- Slatefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slatefield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatefield
- Slatefield is located in Northampton County
- Trout Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
- Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
- Rockville
How Far From Harpers to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Harpers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harpers and extending to:
- Easton, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harpers to Easton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harpers. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Northampton County: www.northamptoncounty.org/
The official website for Commonwealth 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Harpers 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harpers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harpers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7793, Longitude: -75.5566 In this case, the coordinates for Harpers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Harpers 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 306.862 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.568 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.313 degrees. |