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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 Stanhope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stanhope 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 Stanhope:
    • 40.534813, -76.351899
    • 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 Stanhope
  • 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
    • Since Stanhope is near Berks County and also Lebanon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 Stanhope

Communities Also Named Stanhope ...

We found ten communities that are also named Stanhope.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Stanhope is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Screven County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stanhope [Screven County].
    • Iowa
      • Hamilton County
      • This Stanhope is located in Hamilton County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Stanhope.
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • This Stanhope is located in Webster County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Stanhope.
    • Missouri
      • Saline County
      • This Stanhope is located in Saline County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<2> to the west of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Stanhope.
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Stanhope [Sussex County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Stanhope lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
    • North Carolina
      • Nash County
      • This Stanhope is located in Nash County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Stanhope.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Stanhope.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Stanhope lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.
    • Quebec
      • This Stanhope lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stanhope that is located in Schuylkill County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stanhope ...

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.

  • De Turksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • De Turksville is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Turksville
  • Echo Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
  • Fredericksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Frystown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Frystown is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frystown
  • Marstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
  • Middle Creek ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Middle Creek is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
  • Outwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Outwood is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outwood
  • Paradise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Ravine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
  • Round Head
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Head is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Head
  • Summit Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station

How Far From Stanhope 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 Stanhope to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stanhope and extending to:

  • Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stanhope to Pottsville, with an average speed<4> 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 32 miles [51.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Stanhope 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.
<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- Stanhope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Stanhope 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 Stanhope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5348, Longitude: -76.3519       In this case, the coordinates for Stanhope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.361 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.095 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.765 degrees.