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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 Red Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Run and the surrounding area.
- 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 Red Run:
- 40.184425, -76.082039
- 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 Red Run
- 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 Red Run is near Bedford County and also Berks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks 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 Red Run
Communities Also Named Red Run ...
We found one communities that are also named Red Run.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Red Run is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Red Run in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Tucker 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 West Virginia community of Red Run [Tucker County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Run ...
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.
- Blue Ball
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Farmersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmersville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Fivepointville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fivepointville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivepointville
- Frysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Frysville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frysville
- Goodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodville
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Maple Grove Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Park is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Park
- New Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Weaverland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Red Run 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 Red Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Red Run and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Red Run to Lancaster, 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the west (W). 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,803 miles [9,339 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,387 miles [7,060.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 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 Red Run 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Red Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Red Run 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 Red Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1844, Longitude: -76.0820 In this case, the coordinates for Red Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.889 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.793 degrees. |
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