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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 Marsh Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marsh Run 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 Marsh Run:
- 40.200189, -76.812702
- 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 Marsh Run
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Marsh Run is near Dauphin County and also Cumberland 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 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 Marsh Run
Communities Also Named Marsh Run ...
We found one communities that are also named Marsh Run.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Marsh Run.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Perry 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 Pennsylvania community of Marsh Run [Perry County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marsh Run ...
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.
- Bass Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bass Lake is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Bunches
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bunches is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunches
- Cedar Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Point is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Chartwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chartwood is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartwood
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Ebenezer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- English Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- English Manor is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- Frogtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frogtown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Harvest Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harvest Hills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
- Highspire
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lower Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Quaker Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Ramblewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ramblewood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Timber Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Timber Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Valley Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Marsh Run to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Marsh Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Marsh Run and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Marsh Run to York, 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 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 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,543 miles [10,529.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,419 miles [7,111.7 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 Marsh Run 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Marsh Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Marsh Run 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 Marsh Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2002, Longitude: -76.8127 In this case, the coordinates for Marsh Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.665 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.386 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.104 degrees. |
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