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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 Strinestown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strinestown 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 Strinestown:
    • 40.090844, -76.761991
    • 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 Strinestown
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Strinestown is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin 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 Strinestown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Strinestown ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bass Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Bass Lake is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
  • Harvest Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Harvest Hills is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Locust Grove is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Maytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Maytown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
  • Mount Wolf
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Quaker Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Quaker Village is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
  • Ramblewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ramblewood is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
  • Roundtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Roundtown is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtown
  • Starview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley Green
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Woodside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodside is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
  • Zions View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Strinestown and extending to:

  • York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Strinestown to York, 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south (S). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Strinestown) 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 Strinestown 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 Strinestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0908, Longitude: -76.7620    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.643 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.344 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.126 degrees.