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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 Speeceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Speeceville 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 Speeceville:
- 40.374531, -76.994144
- 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 Speeceville
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Since Speeceville is near Perry County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Speeceville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Speeceville ...
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.
- Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Dellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dellville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellville
- Enola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Hunter is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
- Glenvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glenvale is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenvale
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Marysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rose Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Singersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Singersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
- Stone Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
- Summerdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Speeceville to ...
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 Speeceville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Speeceville and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Speeceville to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Speeceville) 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 Speeceville 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 Speeceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3745, Longitude: -76.9941 In this case, the coordinates for Speeceville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.761 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.522 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.113 degrees. |
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