Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Peach Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach Bottom and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Peach Bottom
- 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 Peach Bottom:
- 39.750938, -76.225788
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Peach Bottom
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Peach Bottom is near Cecil County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Peach Bottom ...
We found two communities that share the name Peach Bottom.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Peach Bottom.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Peach Bottom in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Peach Bottom [York County].
- York County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Grayson County
- This Peach Bottom is located in Grayson County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Peach Bottom that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Peach Bottom.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Peach Bottom ...
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.
- Bald Friar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bald Friar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Castle Fin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Fin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Chestnut Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Level
- Chestnut Level is located in Lancaster County
- Cooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Delta is located in York County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <4>
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Glen Cove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Jenkins Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenkins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Corner
- Jenkins Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cecil County (MD)
- New Texas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Pilot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lancaster County
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- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Rock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Slate Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Whispering Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Prospect
How Far From Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Peach Bottom and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Peach Bottom to Lancaster, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peach Bottom. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Peach Bottom 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peach Bottom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peach Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7509, Longitude: -76.2258 In this case, the coordinates for Peach Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Peach Bottom to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.349 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.958 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.032 degrees. |