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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 Lemoyne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lemoyne 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 Lemoyne:
- 40.243701, -76.895807
- 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 Lemoyne
- 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 Lemoyne is near Dauphin County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Lemoyne
Communities Also Named Lemoyne ...
We found four communities that are also named Lemoyne.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lemoyne is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Lemoyne [Mobile County].
- Nebraska
- Keith County
- This Lemoyne is located in Keith County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lemoyne that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keith County community of Lemoyne.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This Lemoyne is located in Wood County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lemoyne that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Lemoyne.
- Quebec
- This Lemoyne lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Lemoyne that is located in Cumberland County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lemoyne ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cherry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Coventry Close
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Enola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Couch
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fort Couch is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Couch
- Harrisburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Jackson Lick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
- 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 northwest)
- Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
- Lower Allen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Peace Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
- Timber Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Timber Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Lemoyne 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 Lemoyne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lemoyne and extending to:
- Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lemoyne to Carlisle, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 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 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Lemoyne 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> | 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- Lemoyne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lemoyne 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 Lemoyne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2437, Longitude: -76.8958 In this case, the coordinates for Lemoyne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.712 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.446 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.123 degrees. |
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