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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 Kratzerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kratzerville 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 Kratzerville:
- 40.860085, -76.895804
- 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 Kratzerville
- 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 Snyder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder County
- Since Kratzerville is near Union County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Kratzerville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kratzerville ...
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.
- Caketown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Caketown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caketown
- College Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- College Park is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Dice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dice is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
- Dogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dogtown is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Fishers Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fishers Ferry is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Ferry
- Freeburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Globe Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Hummels Wharf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kreamer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mile Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mile Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run
- Patricksburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patricksburg is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Purdytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Purdytown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdytown
- Turtleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Turtleville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtleville
How Far From Kratzerville 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 Kratzerville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kratzerville and extending to:
- Middleburg, which is the Seat of Snyder County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kratzerville to Middleburg, with an average speed<3> 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,397 miles [7,076.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Kratzerville) 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 Kratzerville 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 Kratzerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8601, Longitude: -76.8958 In this case, the coordinates for Kratzerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.663 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.487 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.872 degrees. |
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