Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mount Royal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Royal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Royal
- 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 Mount Royal:
- 40.039262, -76.887751
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mount Royal
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Mount Royal is near Adams County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mount Royal ...
We found six communities that share the name Mount Royal.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mount Royal is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Putnam County
- This Mount Royal is located in Putnam County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Mount Royal that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Mount Royal.
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This Mount Royal is located in Baltimore City and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount Royal that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Mount Royal.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Mount Royal [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- This Mount Royal is located in Gloucester County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east of the Mount Royal that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Mount Royal.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Mount Royal lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mount Royal that is located in York County.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Royal ...
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.
- Admire
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Alpine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Big Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mountain
- Big Mountain is located in York County
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in York County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,981 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <5>
- Fordville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Harmony Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in York County
- Lewisberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisberry
- Lewisberry is located in York County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisberry <5>
- Maytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Mount Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Top
- Mount Top is located in York County
- Pinetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Poplars
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Roseville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- Stevenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Stevenstown is located in York County
- Uno
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Zions View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zions View. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions View
- Zions View is located in York County
- Spring Grove
How Far From Mount Royal 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 Mount Royal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Royal and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Royal to York, with an average speed<6> 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 16 miles [25.7 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 79 miles [127.1 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 5 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Royal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for York County: www.york-county.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mount Royal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0393, Longitude: -76.8878 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Royal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mount Royal 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Mount Royal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.722 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.426 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.202 degrees. |