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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 Ritzie Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ritzie Village 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 Ritzie Village:
- 40.394532, -76.781915
- 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 Ritzie Village
- 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Since Ritzie Village is near Perry County and also Lebanon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 Ritzie Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ritzie Village ...
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.
- Carsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carsonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Ellendale Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ellendale Forge is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale Forge
- Enterline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Enterline is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline
- Fox Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Haven Croft
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
- Hillymeade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hillymeade is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillymeade
- Holiday Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Park is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Locust Lane Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Locust Lane Gardens is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lane Gardens
- Mountain View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Piketown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Piketown is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piketown
- Pleasant Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Ridgeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rustic Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Shellsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Singersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Singersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
- Skyline View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Stone Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
How Far From Ritzie Village 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 Ritzie Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ritzie Village and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ritzie Village to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ritzie Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ritzie Village 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 Ritzie Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3945, Longitude: -76.7819 In this case, the coordinates for Ritzie Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.631 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.379 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.012 degrees. |
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