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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 Mechanic Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mechanic Grove 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 Mechanic Grove:
- 39.848437, -76.158732
- 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 Mechanic Grove
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Mechanic Grove is near Chester County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Mechanic Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mechanic Grove ...
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.
- Buck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Level is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Level
- Hawksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hawksville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawksville
- Kirks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Britain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- New Texas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Texas is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Oak Shade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Shade is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
- Quarryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spruce Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Grove
- Summerhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truce
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Unicorn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Unicorn is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unicorn
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Mechanic Grove 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 Mechanic Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mechanic Grove and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mechanic Grove to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 80 miles [128.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mechanic Grove) 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 Mechanic Grove 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 Mechanic Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8484, Longitude: -76.1587 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.302 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.919 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.964 degrees. |
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