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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 White Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Hill 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 White Hill:
    • 40.230368, -76.920530
    • 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 White 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since White Hill is near York County and also Dauphin 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 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 White Hill

Communities Also Named White Hill ...

We found eight communities that are also named White Hill.

Within Pennsylvania, the name White Hill is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Screven County
      • This White Hill is located in Screven County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the south southwest of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of White Hill.
    • Illinois
      • Johnson County
      • This White Hill is located in Johnson County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the west southwest of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of White Hill.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of White Hill [Burlington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This White Hill is located in Lee County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of White Hill.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This White Hill lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This White Hill is located in Sumner County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of White Hill.
      • Van Buren County
      • This White Hill is located in Van Buren County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km] to the west southwest of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of White Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This White Hill is located in Augusta County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the White Hill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of White Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White 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.

  • Cedar Cliff
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedar Cliff is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
  • Cherry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherry Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Coventry Close
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Coventry Close is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Close
  • Fort Couch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fort Couch is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Couch
  • Good Hope Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Good Hope Mill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Mill
  • Holliday
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Holliday is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Jackson Lick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jackson Lick is located in Dauphin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Lick
  • Kingwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingwood is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Knob Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Knob Point is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lower Allen
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
    • Peace Church
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Peace Church is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace Church
    • Raven Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Raven Hill is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
    • Sporting Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
    • Timber Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Timber Ridge is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Winding Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Winding Heights is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White Hill and extending to:

  • Carlisle, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from White Hill to Carlisle, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 just to the north northeast (NNE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 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 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,422 miles [7,116.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 White 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.
<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 White 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 White Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2304, Longitude: -76.9205       In this case, the coordinates for White Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.728 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.462 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.139 degrees.