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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 Pierceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierceville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pierceville:
    • 39.754269, -76.779697
    • 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 Pierceville
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Pierceville is near Carroll County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Pierceville

Communities Also Named Pierceville ...

We found ten communities that are also named Pierceville.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Pierceville.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Wyoming 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 Pierceville [Wyoming County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • This Pierceville is located in Fannin County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Pierceville.
    • Illinois
      • DeKalb 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 Illinois community of Pierceville [DeKalb County].
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Pierceville is located in Ripley County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<2> to the west of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Pierceville.
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • This Pierceville is located in Van Buren County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<2> to the west of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Pierceville.
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • This Pierceville is located in Finney County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<2> to the west of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Pierceville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth 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 Massachusetts community of Pierceville [Plymouth County].
    • New York
      • Madison County
      • This Pierceville is located in Madison County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Pierceville.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Pierceville is located in Camden County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<2> to the south of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Pierceville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • This Pierceville is located in Dane County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pierceville that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Pierceville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierceville ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Fiscal
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fiscal is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscal
  • Glenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Glenville is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Gunpowder Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gunpowder Ridge is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder Ridge
  • Hokes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hokes is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes
  • Railroad
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rockville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rockville is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Roller
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
  • Sticks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sticks is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticks
  • Sugar Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugar Valley is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
  • Sunset View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset View is located in Baltimore County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
  • Walkers Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Walkers Run is located in Baltimore County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Run
  • Young Mans Fancy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy

How Far From Pierceville 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 Pierceville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pierceville and extending to:

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pierceville to York, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 60 miles [96.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pierceville 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pierceville) 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 Pierceville 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 Pierceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7543, Longitude: -76.7797       In this case, the coordinates for Pierceville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.679 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.332 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.269 degrees.