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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 Peach Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach Bottom 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Peach Bottom
Communities Also Named Peach Bottom ...
We found two communities that are also named Peach Bottom.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that 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].
- 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.
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)
- Bald Friar is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Friar
- Castle Fin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Chestnut Level
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Level is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Level
- Cooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Five Points ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glen Cove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Jenkins Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Corner
- Mount Pleasant ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- New Texas
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Texas is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Pilot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pilot is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Prospect
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Rock Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Slate Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Whispering Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Peach Bottom to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 '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- Peach Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Peach Bottom 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.349 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.958 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.032 degrees. |
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