Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Le High Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Le High Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Le High Park

• 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 Le High Park:
  • 40.178146, -77.046367
  • 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 Le High Park

• 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 Le High Park is near York County and also Adams 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 Adams 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 Le High Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Le High Park ...

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.

• Allen
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Allen is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
• Churchtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Churchtown is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
• Holliday
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Holliday is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
• Locust Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Locust Point is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
• Mechanicsburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mechanicsburg is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mechanicsburg <1>
• Reservoir Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Reservoir Hill is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
• Rose Garden
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rose Garden is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
• Rosegarden
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosegarden is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegarden
• Shepherdstown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Shepherdstown is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
• Sunnyland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunnyland is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
• Williams Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
• Winding Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Winding Hill is located in Cumberland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Hill

How Far From Le High Park 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 Le High Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Le High Park and extending to:

• Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Le High Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 88 miles [141.6 km] to the south (S). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,430 miles [7,129.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'