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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 Sporting Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sporting Hill 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 Sporting Hill:
- 40.237233, -76.971984
- 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 Sporting Hill
- 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Since Sporting Hill is near Dauphin County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Sporting Hill
Communities Also Named Sporting Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named Sporting Hill.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Sporting Hill.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lancaster County
- This Sporting Hill is located in Lancaster County and lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sporting Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Sporting Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sporting Hill ...
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.
- Cedar Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Coventry Close
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
- Enola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Couch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fort Couch is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Couch
- Good Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Good Hope Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Good Hope Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Mill
- Holliday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holliday is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Kingwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Knob Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
- Lower Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Mechanicsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peace Church
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Raven Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Reservoir Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reservoir Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
- Shepherdstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shepherdstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
- Sunnyland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Winding Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winding Heights is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Heights
- Winding Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Winding Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Hill
How Far From Sporting Hill 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 Sporting Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sporting Hill and extending to:
- Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sporting Hill to Carlisle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Sporting Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sporting Hill 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 Sporting Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2372, Longitude: -76.9720 In this case, the coordinates for Sporting Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.758 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.497 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.159 degrees. |
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