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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 Heckton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heckton 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 Heckton:
- 40.352310, -76.915808
- 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 Heckton
- 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 Heckton is near Perry County and also Cumberland 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 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 Heckton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heckton ...
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.
- Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Ellendale Forge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale Forge is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale Forge
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Glenvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenvale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
- Haven Croft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
- Marysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Overview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Singersville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Singersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
- Stone Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
- Summerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Heckton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Heckton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heckton and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Heckton 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 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,417 miles [7,108.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Heckton) 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 Heckton 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 Heckton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3523, Longitude: -76.9158 In this case, the coordinates for Heckton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.715 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.467 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.088 degrees. |
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