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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 Steelstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steelstown 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 Steelstown:
- 40.354535, -76.576078
- 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 Steelstown
- 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
- Since Steelstown is near Dauphin County and also Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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 Steelstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Steelstown ...
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.
- Clear Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Spring
- Coffeetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coffeetown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Grantville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Harper Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harper Tavern is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Tavern
- Hershey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indiantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indiantown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Ararat
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Ararat is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ararat
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pansy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pansy Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Plainville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockwood is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Sand Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Beach is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
- Shellsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Union Water Works
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union Water Works is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Water Works
How Far From Steelstown 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 Steelstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Steelstown and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Steelstown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Steelstown) 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 Steelstown 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 Steelstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3545, Longitude: -76.5761 In this case, the coordinates for Steelstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.511 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.236 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.938 degrees. |
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