Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Inwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Inwood
- 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 Inwood:
- 40.475645, -76.520797
- 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 Inwood
- 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
- Since Inwood is near Schuylkill County and also Berks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- eBird sighting report for Berks 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 Inwood ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Inwood.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Inwood is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Jackson County
- This Inwood is located in Jackson County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Inwood that is located in Lebanon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Inwood.
- Polk County
- This Inwood is located in Polk County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km] to the south southwest of the Inwood that is located in Lebanon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Inwood.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Manitoba
- This Inwood lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Inwood that is located in Lebanon County.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Inwood is located in Nassau County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east of the Inwood that is located in Lebanon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Inwood.
- New York County
- This Inwood is located in New York County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the east northeast of the Inwood that is located in Lebanon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Inwood.
- Queens 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 New York community of Inwood [Queens County].
- Ontario
- This Inwood lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Inwood that is located in Lebanon County.
- Texas
- Vermont
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Inwood ...
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.
- Fredericksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericksburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Fredericksburg is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <4>
- Gold Mine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Green Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Harper Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Tavern
- Harper Tavern is located in Lebanon County
- Indiantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indiantown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown is located in Lebanon County
- Jonestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Jonestown is located in Lebanon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,031 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <4>
- Lickdale
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Mount Ararat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Ararat have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
- Mount Ararat is located in Lebanon County
- Murray
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Outwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Shirksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirksville
- Shirksville is located in Lebanon County
- Twin Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove Park
- Twin Grove Park is located in Lebanon County
How Far From Inwood 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 Inwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Inwood and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Inwood to Lebanon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,809 miles [9,348.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,395 miles [7,073.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Inwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lebanon County: www.lebcounty.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 '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- Inwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Inwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4756, Longitude: -76.5208 In this case, the coordinates for Inwood 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 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 Inwood 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> | 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Inwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.468 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.206 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.864 degrees. |