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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 Kinderhook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook:
- 40.052319, -76.498854
- 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 Kinderhook
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Kinderhook is near York County and also Lebanon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 Kinderhook
Communities Also Named Kinderhook ...
We found eight communities that are also named Kinderhook.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Kinderhook is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cleburne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kinderhook [Cleburne County].
- Van Buren County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kinderhook [Van Buren County].
- Illinois
- Pike County
- This Kinderhook is located in Pike County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<3> to the west of the Kinderhook that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kinderhook.
- Michigan
- Branch County
- This Kinderhook is located in Branch County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Kinderhook.
- New York
- Columbia County
- This Kinderhook is located in Columbia County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Kinderhook that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Kinderhook.
- Ohio
- Pickaway County
- This Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<3> to the west of the Kinderhook that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Kinderhook.
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This Kinderhook is located in Maury County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Kinderhook.
- Virginia
- Greene County
- This Kinderhook is located in Greene County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Kinderhook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinderhook ...
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.
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chickies
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chickies is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickies
- Donegal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Donegal Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Heights
- Donegal Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Donegal Springs is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Springs
- Farmdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Farmdale is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Hempfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hempfield is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempfield
- Highmount
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highmount is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highmount
- Ironville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ironville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Joy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Silver Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Spring is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring
How Far From Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kinderhook and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Kinderhook to Lancaster, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 84 miles [135.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,826 miles [9,376 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Kinderhook 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. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kinderhook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Kinderhook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0523, Longitude: -76.4989 In this case, the coordinates for Kinderhook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.488 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.163 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.027 degrees. |
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