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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 Leck Kill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leck Kill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Leck Kill:
    • 40.717028, -76.630070
    • 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 Leck Kill
  • 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 Northumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
    • Since Leck Kill is near Schuylkill County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Leck Kill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leck Kill ...

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.

  • Bear Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Mountain is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mountain
  • Coal Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Coal Run is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run
  • Dunkelbergers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dunkelbergers is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkelbergers
  • Fearnot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fearnot is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearnot
  • Ferndale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferndale is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Greenback
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenback is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
  • Hebe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hebe is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebe
  • Hunter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hunter is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Klingerstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Line Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Line Mountain is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Mountain
  • Overlook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Overlook is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Point Breeze
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Point Breeze is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
    • Rough and Ready
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Spring Glen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Spring Glen is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
    • Sunnyside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Sunnyside is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Uniontown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Urban
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Urban is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban

How Far From Leck Kill 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 Leck Kill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sunbury, which is the Seat of Northumberland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Leck Kill to Sunbury, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 127 miles [204.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,391 miles [7,066.6 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 '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- Leck Kill) 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 Leck Kill 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 Leck Kill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7170, Longitude: -76.6301    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.514 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.296 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.813 degrees.