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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 Heberlig, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heberlig 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 Heberlig:
    • 40.192309, -77.489709
    • 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 Heberlig
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Heberlig is near Perry County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Heberlig

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heberlig ...

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.

  • Bears Crossroads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bears Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bears Crossroads
  • Big Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Spring is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Chestnut Crossroads
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Crossroads
  • Couchtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Couchtown is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couchtown
  • Doubling Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Doubling Gap is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubling Gap
  • Green Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Spring is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Hays Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hays Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Grove
  • Hockersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hockersville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
  • Lees Cross Roads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lees Cross Roads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Cross Roads
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Middle Spring
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Middle Spring is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Spring
    • Mount Hope
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mount Hope is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Pleasant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Mount Rock is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rock
    • Mowersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mowersville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowersville
    • Walnut Bottom
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Bottom is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Heberlig and extending to:

  • Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Heberlig to Carlisle, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Heberlig) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Heberlig 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 Heberlig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1923, Longitude: -77.4897       In this case, the coordinates for Heberlig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.073 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.848 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.404 degrees.