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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 Twin Grove Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Twin Grove Park 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 Twin Grove Park:
- 40.512033, -76.514407
- 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 Twin Grove Park
- 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 Lebanon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon County
- Since Twin Grove Park is near Schuylkill County and also Dauphin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Twin Grove Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twin Grove Park ...
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.
- Fredericksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Mine
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Good Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Good Spring is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Spring
- Green Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Indiantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indiantown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lickdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
- Marstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Murray
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Outwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Outwood is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outwood
- Ravine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Shirksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shirksville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirksville
- Tower City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Twin Grove Park 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 Twin Grove Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Twin Grove Park and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Lebanon County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Twin Grove Park to Lebanon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,394 miles [7,071.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Twin Grove Park) 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 Twin Grove Park 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 Twin Grove Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5120, Longitude: -76.5144 In this case, the coordinates for Twin Grove Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.461 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.204 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.846 degrees. |
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