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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 Palmdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmdale 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 Palmdale:
- 40.297869, -76.618580
- 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 Palmdale
- 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 Palmdale is near Lebanon County and also Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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 Palmdale
Communities Also Named Palmdale ...
We found four communities that are also named Palmdale.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Palmdale is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Palmdale is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,287 miles [3,680.6 km]<1> to the west of the Palmdale that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Palmdale.
- San Diego 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 California community of Palmdale [San Diego County].
- Florida
- Glades County
- This Palmdale is located in Glades County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Palmdale that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glades County community of Palmdale.
- Minnesota
- Chisago County
- This Palmdale is located in Chisago County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palmdale that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Palmdale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmdale ...
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.
- Clear Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
- Coffeetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coffeetown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
- Grantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gravel Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Hershey
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hockersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hockersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
- Hummelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Plainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Sand Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sand Beach is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
- Sandhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandhill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Shellsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Union Deposit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
How Far From Palmdale 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 Palmdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palmdale and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Palmdale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Palmdale) 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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale 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 Palmdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2979, Longitude: -76.6186 In this case, the coordinates for Palmdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.541 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.261 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.98 degrees. |
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