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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 Reservoir Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reservoir Hill 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 Reservoir Hill:
- 40.185091, -76.974698
- 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 Reservoir Hill
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Reservoir Hill is near York County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Reservoir Hill
Communities Also Named Reservoir Hill ...
We found two communities that are also named Reservoir Hill.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Reservoir Hill.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Reservoir Hill in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Fayette County
- This Reservoir Hill is located in Fayette County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west of the Reservoir Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Reservoir Hill.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Covington City
- 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 Virginia community of Reservoir Hill [Covington City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reservoir Hill ...
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.
- Holliday
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holliday is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Mechanicsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Peace Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
- Raven Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Raven Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Rose Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Garden is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
- Rosegarden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosegarden is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegarden
- Shepherdstown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shepherdstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
- Sporting Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Sunnyland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Williams Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Grove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
- Winding Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Winding Heights is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Heights
- Winding Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Winding Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Hill
How Far From Reservoir Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Reservoir Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Reservoir Hill and extending to:
- Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Reservoir Hill to Carlisle, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 88 miles [141.6 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 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 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- Reservoir Hill) 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 Reservoir Hill 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 Reservoir Hill 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 Reservoir Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1851, Longitude: -76.9747 In this case, the coordinates for Reservoir Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.763 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.495 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.181 degrees. |
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