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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 Relay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Relay 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 Relay:
    • 39.924822, -76.648578
    • 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 Relay
  • 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 Relay is near Lancaster County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Relay

Communities Also Named Relay ...

We found six communities that are also named Relay.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Relay is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Flagler County
      • This Relay is located in Flagler County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Relay that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flagler County community of Relay.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Relay is located in Floyd County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Relay that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Relay.
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose 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 Iowa community of Relay [Appanoose County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Relay is located in Baltimore County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the south of the Relay that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Relay.
    • Michigan
      • Menominee 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 Michigan community of Relay [Menominee County].
    • Ontario
      • This Relay lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Relay that is located in York County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Relay ...

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.

  • Chapel View
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chapel View is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel View
  • East Yoe
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • East Yoe is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Yoe
  • Fayfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fayfield is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayfield
  • Fox Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Golden is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hill-n-Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hill-n-Dale is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-n-Dale
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Homeland Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Homeland Gardens is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Gardens
  • Locust Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Locust Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Locust Spring is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Spring
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Longstown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Longstown is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longstown
    • Longview Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Longview Heights is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
    • Orchard Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Orchard Hill is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
    • Panorama Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Panorama Hills is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Hills
    • Pleasant View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant View is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Randolph Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Randolph Park is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Park
    • Red Lion
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Robin Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Robin Heights is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Heights
    • Spring Plains
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Spring Plains is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Plains
    • Spry
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Spry is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spry
    • Violet Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Violet Hill is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
    • Yorkshire
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Yorkshire is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

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

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Relay to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 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 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 5,838 miles [9,395.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,422 miles [7,116.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Relay) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Relay 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 Relay 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 Relay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9248, Longitude: -76.6486       In this case, the coordinates for Relay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.588 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.256 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.144 degrees.