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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 Rocherty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rocherty 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 Rocherty:
- 40.302314, -76.449130
- 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 Rocherty
- 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
- Since Rocherty is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin 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 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 Rocherty
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rocherty ...
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.
- Anthracite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anthracite is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthracite
- Cornwall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall Center is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Center
- Cornwall Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall Furnace is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
- Cornwall Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
- Ebenezer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Edisonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Edisonville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisonville
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Miners Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pansy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pansy Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy Hill
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Quentin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sand Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Sunset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Timber Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
How Far From Rocherty 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 Rocherty to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rocherty and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Rocherty to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,399 miles [7,079.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rocherty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Rocherty 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 Rocherty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3023, Longitude: -76.4491 In this case, the coordinates for Rocherty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.439 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.146 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.904 degrees. |
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