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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 Lucknow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lucknow 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 Lucknow:
- 40.327588, -76.885807
- 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 Lucknow
- 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Since Lucknow is near Perry County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Lucknow
Communities Also Named Lucknow ...
We found six communities that are also named Lucknow.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lucknow is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Richland Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Lucknow [Richland Parish].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Lucknow is located in Saint Louis County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lucknow that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Lucknow.
- Mississippi
- Rankin 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 Mississippi community of Lucknow [Rankin County].
- Ontario
- This Lucknow lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Lucknow that is located in Dauphin County.
- South Carolina
- Lee County
- This Lucknow is located in Lee County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Lucknow that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Lucknow.
- Tennessee
- Rhea 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 Tennessee community of Lucknow [Rhea County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lucknow ...
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.
- Coventry Close
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Enola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Fox Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Harrisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Haven Croft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
- Hillside Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Jackson Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
- Marysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Overview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Pleasant Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Poplar Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Gardens
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Progress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Progress is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Ridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rustic Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Singersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Singersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stone Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
- Summerdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Lucknow 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 Lucknow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lucknow and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lucknow to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,417 miles [7,108.5 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 Lucknow 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lucknow) 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 Lucknow 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 Lucknow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3276, Longitude: -76.8858 In this case, the coordinates for Lucknow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.699 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.445 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.085 degrees. |
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