Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Royalton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royalton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Royalton
- 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 Royalton:
- 40.188431, -76.729742
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Royalton
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Since Royalton is near York County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Royalton ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Royalton.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Royalton is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Magoffin County
- This Royalton is located in Magoffin County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Royalton that is located in Dauphin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Royalton.
- Russell 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 Kentucky community of Royalton [Russell County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Brunswick
- This Royalton lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Royalton that is located in Dauphin County.
- New York
- Ohio
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Royalton ...
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.
- Bass Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Beverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Chartwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Chestnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Dauphin County
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - English Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- English Manor is located in Dauphin County
- Frogtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Harvest Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvest Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
- Harvest Hills is located in York County
- Hickory Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Lancaster County
- High Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
- High Ridge is located in Dauphin County
- Highspire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highspire have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highspire
- Highspire is located in Dauphin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,369 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highspire <4>
- Hockersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hockersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
- Hockersville is located in Dauphin County
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hummelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hummelstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hummelstown
- Hummelstown is located in Dauphin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hummelstown <4>
- Marsh Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Dauphin County
- Quaker Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Ramblewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Ramblewood is located in York County
- Sandhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Valley Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Woodside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hummelstown
How Far From Royalton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Royalton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Royalton and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Royalton to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> 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 10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 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 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,416 miles [7,106.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Royalton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Royalton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Royalton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1884, Longitude: -76.7297 |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Royalton 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Royalton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.616 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.329 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.073 degrees. |