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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Promised Land:
41.309534, -75.210178
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.
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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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Promised Land.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Promised Land is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Ashley County
This Promised Land is located in Ashley County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Promised Land.
Mississippi County
This Promised Land is located in Mississippi County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km] to the west southwest of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Promised Land.
Poinsett County
This Promised Land is located in Poinsett County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the west southwest of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Poinsett County community of Promised Land.
Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish
This Promised Land is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Promised Land.
Maine
Androscoggin County
This Promised Land is located in Androscoggin County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of Promised Land.
Mississippi
Sunflower 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 Mississippi community of Promised Land [Sunflower County].
South Carolina
Greenwood County
This Promised Land is located in Greenwood County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Promised Land.
Tennessee
Jefferson County
This Promised Land is located in Jefferson County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Promised Land that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Promised Land.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Promised Land ...
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 Promised Land to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Promised Land and extending to:
Milford, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Promised Land to Milford, 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,307 miles [6,931.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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- Promised Land) 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 Promised Land, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Promised Land 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 Promised Land. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3095, Longitude: -75.2102 In this case, the coordinates for Promised Land have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.602 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.359 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.929 degrees.