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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 McKees Half Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKees Half Falls 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 McKees Half Falls:
- 40.66143, -76.917805
- 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 McKees Half Falls
- 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 Snyder County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snyder County
- Since McKees Half Falls is near Northumberland County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 McKees Half Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near McKees Half Falls ...
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.
- Fishers Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fishers Ferry is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Ferry
- Freeburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hickory Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Independence
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Liverpool
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Malta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Matterstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Matterstown is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matterstown
- Oriental
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oriental is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental
- Otto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otto is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Pillow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Cross is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Reservoir Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Reservoir Heights is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Heights
- Urban
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Urban is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
How Far From McKees Half Falls 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 McKees Half Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McKees Half Falls and extending to:
- Middleburg, which is the Seat of Snyder County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from McKees Half Falls to Middleburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 121 miles [194.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 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- McKees Half Falls) 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 McKees Half Falls 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 McKees Half Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6614, Longitude: -76.9178 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.692 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.489 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.963 degrees. |
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