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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 Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone 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 Stone Hill:
- 39.954266, -76.353016
- 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 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 Stone Hill is near York County and also Harford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 Hill
Communities Also Named Stone Hill ...
We found two communities that are also named Stone Hill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Stone Hill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cleburne 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 Alabama community of Stone Hill [Cleburne County].
- Missouri
- Dent County
- This Stone Hill is located in Dent County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<2> to the west of the Stone Hill that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dent County community of Stone Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone 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.
- Burnt Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burnt Mills is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
- Garden Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Garden Hills is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hills
- Highville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Highville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
- Lockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lockport is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Manor Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Manor Ridge is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Ridge
- Quaker Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Quaker Hills is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hills
- Rockhill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockhill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Safe Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Safe Harbor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Safe Harbor
- Slackwater
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Slackwater is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwater
- Star Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Star Rock is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Rock
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
- Willow Street
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Stone 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 Stone Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stone Hill and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Stone Hill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 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 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Stone Hill 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 '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- Stone Hill) 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 Stone 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 Stone Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9543, Longitude: -76.3530 In this case, the coordinates for Stone Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.409 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.058 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.004 degrees. |
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