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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.

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 40.144131, -76.420018
    • 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Since Sporting Hill is near Lebanon County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 ...
    • Cumberland County
      • This Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County and lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sporting Hill that is located in Lancaster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland 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.

  • Centerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Centerville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Chestnut Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Donegal Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Donegal Heights is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Heights
  • Elm
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Farmdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmdale is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Fruitville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Halfville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Halfville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfville
  • Hempfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hempfield is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hempfield
  • Ironville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Limerock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Limerock is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
  • Mechanicsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
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How Far From Sporting Hill 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 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:

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sporting Hill to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,819 miles [9,364.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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: 40.1441, Longitude: -76.4200    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.434 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.116 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.956 degrees.