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 Rushville:
41.782383, -76.122021
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.
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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fourteen communities that share the name Rushville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Rushville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Schuyler County
This Rushville is located in Schuyler County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the west of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Rushville.
Indiana
Rush County
This Rushville is located in Rush County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Rushville.
Iowa
Jasper County
This Rushville is located in Jasper County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Rushville.
Kansas
Atchison 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 Kansas community of Rushville [Atchison County].
Ford County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rushville [Ford County].
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Rushville is located in Montgomery County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rushville.
Missouri
Buchanan County
This Rushville is located in Buchanan County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the west of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Rushville.
Nebraska
Sheridan County
This Rushville is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Rushville.
New York
Yates County
This Rushville is located in Yates County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Rushville.
Ohio
Fairfield County
This Rushville is located in Fairfield County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Rushville.
Meigs County
This Rushville is located in Meigs County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km] to the west southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Rushville.
South Carolina
Greenwood County
This Rushville is located in Greenwood County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Rushville.
Virginia
Rockingham County
This Rushville is located in Rockingham County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Rushville.
West Virginia
Roane County
This Rushville is located in Roane County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rushville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Rushville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rushville ...
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.
Brushville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brushville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Rushville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rushville and extending to:
Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rushville to Montrose, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 204 miles [328.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,328 miles [6,965.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rushville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rushville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7824, Longitude: -76.1220 In this case, the coordinates for Rushville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rushville 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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>
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.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Rushville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.11 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.008 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.135 degrees.