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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 Jackson Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jackson Lick 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 Jackson Lick:
- 40.273422, -76.888029
- 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 Jackson Lick
- 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 Jackson Lick is near Cumberland County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Jackson Lick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson Lick ...
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.
- Cedar Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cherry Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Coventry Close
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Enola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Couch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Couch is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Couch
- Good Hope Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Mill
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Haven Croft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
- Hillside Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Kingwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Knob Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
- Lakeview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Lower Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Overview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Peace Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
- Poplar Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poplar Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Gardens
- Progress
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Ridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Summerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Timber Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Timber Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Twin Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Park
How Far From Jackson Lick 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 Jackson Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jackson Lick and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Jackson Lick 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 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,419 miles [7,111.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jackson Lick) 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 Jackson Lick 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 Jackson Lick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2734, Longitude: -76.8880 In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Lick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.443 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.107 degrees. |
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