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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 Stone Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Glen 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 Stone Glen:
- 40.384923, -76.887110
- 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 Stone Glen
- 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 Stone Glen 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 Stone Glen
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone Glen ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale Forge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ellendale Forge is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale Forge
- Enterline
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Hunter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Haven Croft
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Haven Croft is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Croft
- Marysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Overview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Overview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview
- Piketown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Piketown is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piketown
- Pleasant Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Ridgeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Ritzie Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ritzie Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritzie Village
- Rockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rustic Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Singersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Singersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
- Summerdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Summerdale is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
How Far From Stone Glen 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 Stone Glen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stone Glen and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Stone Glen 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 4 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stone Glen) 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 Stone Glen 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 Stone Glen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3849, Longitude: -76.8871 In this case, the coordinates for Stone Glen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.696 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.45 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.062 degrees. |
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