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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 Sunnyburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunnyburn 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 Sunnyburn:
- 39.805659, -76.370794
- 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 Sunnyburn
- 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 Sunnyburn is near Lancaster County and also Harford 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 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 Sunnyburn
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunnyburn ...
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.
- Airville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bald Eagle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Eagle is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Eagle
- Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bruce is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Bryansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bryansville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryansville
- Castle Fin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Fin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Fin
- Delta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Drytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drytown
- Fawn Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Highrock is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highrock
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Muddy Creek Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muddy Creek Forks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek Forks
- New Freedom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Slab
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Slab is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab
- Slate Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Hill is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
- Stewartstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Sunnyburn 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 Sunnyburn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunnyburn and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sunnyburn to York, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 72 miles [115.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 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 '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- Sunnyburn) 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 Sunnyburn 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 Sunnyburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8057, Longitude: -76.3708 In this case, the coordinates for Sunnyburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.431 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.059 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.072 degrees. |
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