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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 North Skyline View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Skyline View 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 North Skyline View:
- 40.343422, -76.723858
- 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 North Skyline View
- 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 North Skyline View is near Lebanon County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 North Skyline View
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Skyline View ...
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.
- Fox Chase
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Grantville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hershey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- High Ridge is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
- Hillymeade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillymeade is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillymeade
- Holiday Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Hummelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kent Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kent Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
- Locust Lane Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Lane Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lane Gardens
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Piketown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Piketown is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piketown
- Pleasant Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Poplar Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Gardens
- Ridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Ritzie Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ritzie Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritzie Village
- Rustic Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Sand Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Beach is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
- Shellsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Skyline View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Union Deposit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
How Far From North Skyline View 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 North Skyline View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Skyline View and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Skyline View to Harrisburg, 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Skyline View) 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 North Skyline View 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 North Skyline View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3434, Longitude: -76.7239 In this case, the coordinates for North Skyline View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.601 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.336 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.007 degrees. |
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