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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 Ramblewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramblewood 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 Ramblewood:
    • 40.147593, -76.827749
    • 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 Ramblewood
  • 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 Ramblewood is near Dauphin County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Ramblewood

Communities Also Named Ramblewood ...

We found nine communities that are also named Ramblewood.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Ramblewood.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Berks County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Berks County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Ramblewood.
    • Centre County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Centre County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Ramblewood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Ramblewood [New Castle County].
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Ramblewood is located in LaGrange County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Ramblewood.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Ramblewood is located in Baltimore City and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Ramblewood.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Burlington County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Ramblewood.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Ramblewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Washington County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ramblewood.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Ramblewood is located in Petersburg City and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the south of the Ramblewood that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Ramblewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramblewood ...

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.

  • Bass Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bass Lake is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
  • Bunches
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bunches is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunches
  • Cedar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Point is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cherry Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherry Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Frogtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Frogtown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
  • Harvest Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Harvest Hills is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
  • Highspire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewisberry
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Marsh Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Marsh Run is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
  • Maytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Maytown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
  • Pinetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinetown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
  • Quaker Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Quaker Village is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
  • Valley Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Valley Green is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
  • Woodside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodside is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Ramblewood to ...

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 Ramblewood to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ramblewood to York, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ramblewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Ramblewood 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.
<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 Ramblewood 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 Ramblewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1476, Longitude: -76.8277       In this case, the coordinates for Ramblewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.678 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.393 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.132 degrees.