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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 Mountain Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Dale 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 Mountain Dale:
- 40.336755, -76.879696
- 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 Mountain Dale
- 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 Mountain Dale 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 Mountain Dale
Communities Also Named Mountain Dale ...
We found four communities that are also named Mountain Dale.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mountain Dale is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Webster County
- This Mountain Dale is located in Webster County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the west of the Mountain Dale that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Mountain Dale.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- This Mountain Dale is located in Sullivan County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mountain Dale that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Mountain Dale.
- Tennessee
- Unicoi 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 Tennessee community of Mountain Dale [Unicoi County].
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- This Mountain Dale is located in Preston County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mountain Dale that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Mountain Dale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Dale ...
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.
- Ellendale Forge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ellendale Forge is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale Forge
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hunter
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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 southeast)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 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 west)
- Overview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 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 southeast)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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 northwest)
- 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Mountain Dale 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 Mountain Dale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Dale 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]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Mountain Dale 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 5,830 miles [9,382.5 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 4,416 miles [7,106.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Mountain Dale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mountain Dale 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> | 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 Mountain Dale 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 Mountain Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3368, Longitude: -76.8797 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.695 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.441 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.078 degrees. |
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