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 Parkersville:
39.888999, -75.646045
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 Parkersville
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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Parkersville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Parkersville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ontario
This Parkersville lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Parkersville that is located in Chester County.
Oregon
Baker County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Parkersville [Baker County].
South Carolina
Georgetown County
This Parkersville is located in Georgetown County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parkersville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Georgetown County community of Parkersville.
Washington
Clark County
This Parkersville is located in Clark County and lies 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Parkersville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Parkersville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkersville ...
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.
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 Parkersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkersville and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Parkersville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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- Parkersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Parkersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Parkersville 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 Parkersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8890, Longitude: -75.6460 In this case, the coordinates for Parkersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.994 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.577 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.727 degrees.