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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 Tower City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tower City 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 Tower City:
- 40.589207, -76.552440
- 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 Tower City
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Tower City is near Dauphin County and also Lebanon 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 Lebanon 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 Tower City
Communities Also Named Tower City ...
We found one communities that are also named Tower City.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Tower City is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Tower City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- This Tower City is located in Cass County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tower City that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Tower City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tower City ...
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.
- Fearnot
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fearnot is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearnot
- Fountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gold Mine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Good Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good Spring is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Spring
- Green Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Murray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Outwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Outwood is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outwood
- Ravine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rough and Ready
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Glen is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
- Twin Grove Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twin Grove Park is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove Park
How Far From Tower City 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 Tower City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tower City and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tower City to Pottsville, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,806 miles [9,343.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,392 miles [7,068.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Tower City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tower City 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 Tower City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5892, Longitude: -76.5524 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.478 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.235 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.831 degrees. |
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