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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 Nunnery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nunnery 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 Nunnery:
- 39.789351, -77.575276
- 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 Nunnery
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Nunnery is near Washington County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Nunnery
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nunnery ...
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.
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Five Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Fox Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fox Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Jugtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jugtown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
- Pond Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pond Bank is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Bank
- Roadside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roadside is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadside
- Rocky Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Forge is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forge
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Slabtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Slabtown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Tomstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tomstown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomstown
How Far From Nunnery 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 Nunnery to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nunnery and extending to:
- Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nunnery to Chambersburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,882 miles [9,466.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,468 miles [7,190.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Nunnery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Nunnery 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 Nunnery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7894, Longitude: -77.5753 In this case, the coordinates for Nunnery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.152 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.875 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.599 degrees. |
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