Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Slabtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slabtown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Slabtown
- 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 Slabtown:
- 39.827593, -77.556934
- 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 Slabtown
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Slabtown is near Adams County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Slabtown ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Slabtown.
There are five communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Slabtown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Armstrong County
- Clearfield County
- Columbia County
- Schuylkill County
- Somerset County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This Slabtown is located in Allegany County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the west of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Slabtown.
- Frederick County
- This Slabtown is located in Frederick County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Slabtown.
- Missouri
- Madison 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 Missouri community of Slabtown [Madison County].
- Texas County
- This Slabtown is located in Texas County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the west of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Slabtown.
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Lancaster County
- This Slabtown is located in Lancaster County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Slabtown.
- Russell County
- This Slabtown is located in Russell County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the southwest of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Slabtown.
- Scott County
- This Slabtown is located in Scott County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km] to the southwest of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Slabtown.
- Smyth County
- This Slabtown is located in Smyth County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the southwest of the Slabtown that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Slabtown.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Slabtown ...
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.
- Beartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Beartown is located in Franklin County
- Clay Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Cold Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Franklin County
- Falling Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Falling Spring is located in Franklin County
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Franklin County
- Fox Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Greenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Jugtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Pond Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Roadside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
- Tartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Tomstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Slabtown 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 Slabtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Slabtown and extending to:
- Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Slabtown to Chambersburg, with an average speed<6> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,880 miles [9,462.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Slabtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.pa.us/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slabtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Slabtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8276, Longitude: -77.5569 In this case, the coordinates for Slabtown 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Slabtown 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Slabtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Slabtown 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 308.138 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.865 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.576 degrees. |