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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 Plainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plainville 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 Plainville:
    • 40.265925, -76.575246
    • 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 Plainville
  • 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 Plainville ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Plainville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Plainville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Plainville is located in Hartford County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Plainville.
    • Georgia
      • Gordon County
      • This Plainville is located in Gordon County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Plainville.
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This Plainville is located in Adams County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Plainville.
    • Indiana
      • Davies's County
      • This Plainville is located in Davies's County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Plainville.
    • Kansas
      • Rooks County
      • This Plainville is located in Rooks County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rooks County community of Plainville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Plainville is located in Bristol County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Plainville.
      • Hampden 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 Massachusetts community of Plainville [Hampden County].
      • Hampshire County
      • This Plainville is located in Hampshire County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km] to the northeast of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Plainville.
      • Norfolk County
      • This Plainville is located in Norfolk County and lies 297 miles [478 km] to the east northeast of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Plainville.
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Plainville is located in Gloucester County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Plainville.
      • Somerset County
      • This Plainville is located in Somerset County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the east of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Plainville.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Plainville is located in Onondaga County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the north of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Plainville.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Plainville is located in Hamilton County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the west of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Plainville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Plainville.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Plainville [Providence County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Adams County
      • This Plainville is located in Adams County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Plainville that is located in Lebanon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Plainville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Plainville ...

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 north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
    • Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County
  • Coffeetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coffeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
    • Coffeetown is located in Lebanon County
  • Gravel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
    • Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County
  • Hershey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hockersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hockersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
    • Hockersville is located in Dauphin County
  • Lawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Lebanon County
  • Sand Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
    • Sand Beach is located in Dauphin County
  • Sandhill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandhill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
    • Sandhill is located in Dauphin County
  • Timber Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
    • Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
  • Union Deposit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Union Deposit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
    • Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Plainville to Lebanon, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Plainville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lebanon County: www.lebcounty.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Plainville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plainville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2659, Longitude: -76.5752       In this case, the coordinates for Plainville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Plainville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Plainville 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Plainville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.517 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.229 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.974 degrees.




 

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