Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Roundtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roundtown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Roundtown

• 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 Roundtown:
  • 40.017875, -76.755522
  • 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 Roundtown

• 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 Roundtown 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 Roundtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roundtown ...

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.

• Clear View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Clear View is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
• Fairway
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fairway is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
• Fireside Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fireside Park is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Park
• Fireside Terrace
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fireside Terrace is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Terrace
• Greenridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Greenridge is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
• Herman Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Herman Heights is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman Heights
• Holly Heights
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Holly Heights is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
• Pleasureville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasureville is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
• Poplars
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Poplars is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplars
• Skyline Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Skyline Heights is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
• Woodland View
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Woodland View is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland View
• Woodstream
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodstream is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream
• Zions View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Zions View is located in York County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zions View

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Roundtown and extending to:

• York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Roundtown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 78 miles [125.5 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<3> 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).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'