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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 Hayti, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hayti 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 Hayti:
    • 39.982884, -75.841336
    • 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 Hayti
  • 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 Hayti ...

We found five communities that share the name Hayti.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Hayti is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • This Hayti is located in Caddo Parish and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hayti that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Hayti.
    • Missouri
      • Pemiscot County
      • This Hayti is located in Pemiscot County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hayti that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Hayti.
    • North Carolina
      • Durham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hayti [Durham County].
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hayti.
    • South Dakota
      • Hamlin County
      • This Hayti is located in Hamlin County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hayti that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamlin County community of Hayti.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hayti ...

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.

  • Buck Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buck Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
    • Buck Run is located in Chester County
  • Cedar Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
    • Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County
  • Coatesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Doe Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Run
    • Doe Run is located in Chester County
  • Fisherville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisherville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
    • Fisherville is located in Chester County
  • Goosetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goosetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
    • Goosetown is located in Chester County
  • Icedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Icedale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icedale
    • Icedale is located in Chester County
  • Little Washington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
    • Little Washington is located in Chester County
  • Martins Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
    • Martins Corner is located in Chester County
  • Romansville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romansville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romansville
    • Romansville is located in Chester County
  • Spruces
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruces have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruces
    • Spruces is located in Chester County
  • Towerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
    • Towerville is located in Chester County
  • Wagontown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wagontown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagontown
    • Wagontown is located in Chester County

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

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

  • West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hayti to West Chester, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 98 miles [157.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,385 miles [7,057 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hayti. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hayti) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hayti. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9829, Longitude: -75.8413       In this case, the coordinates for Hayti have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Hayti 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.
<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 Hayti, 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 Hayti 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 307.102 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.714 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.772 degrees.









 

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