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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 Hustons Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hustons Mill 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 Hustons Mill:
- 40.255366, -77.037477
- 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 Hustons Mill
- 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 Hustons Mill is near Perry County and also York 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 York 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 Hustons Mill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hustons Mill ...
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.
- Coventry Close
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Drytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Drytown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
- Enola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Glenvale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
- Good Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Good Hope Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Good Hope Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Mill
- Holliday
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holliday is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Keystone is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Kingtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingtown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingtown
- Kingwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Knob Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
- Locust Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mechanicsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middlesex
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middlesex is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Peace Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
- Reservoir Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reservoir Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
- Shepherdstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherdstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
- Sporting Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Sunnyland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Winding Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Winding Heights is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Heights
- Winding Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Winding Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Hill
How Far From Hustons Mill 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 Hustons Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hustons Mill and extending to:
- Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Hustons Mill 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 most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hustons Mill) 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 Hustons Mill 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 Hustons Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2554, Longitude: -77.0375 In this case, the coordinates for Hustons Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.796 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.543 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.18 degrees. |
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