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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 Puseyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Puseyville 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 Puseyville:
    • 39.849549, -76.111897
    • 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 Puseyville
  • 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 Puseyville is near Chester County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Puseyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Puseyville ...

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.

  • Buck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buck is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
  • Chestnut Level
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Level is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Level
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Georgetown is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Glen Roy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Roy is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
  • Hawksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawksville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawksville
  • Homeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Homeville is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeville
  • Hopewell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopewell is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Kirks Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kirks Mills is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirks Mills
  • Little Britain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Little Britain is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
  • Mechanic Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mechanic Grove is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Grove
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Ninepoints
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ninepoints is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninepoints
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Oak Shade
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Oak Shade is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
    • Quarryville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Spruce Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spruce Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Grove
    • Summerhill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Summerhill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
    • Unicorn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Unicorn is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unicorn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Puseyville and extending to:

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Puseyville to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • 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 82 miles [132 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Puseyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Puseyville 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 Puseyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8495, Longitude: -76.1119       In this case, the coordinates for Puseyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.274 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.888 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.943 degrees.