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 Yorktown:
39.973446, -75.152955
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.
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found twenty communities that share the name Yorktown.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Yorktown is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lincoln County
This Yorktown is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Yorktown.
Georgia
Gwinnett County
This Yorktown is located in Gwinnett County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Yorktown.
Illinois
Bureau County
This Yorktown is located in Bureau County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Yorktown.
Indiana
Delaware County
This Yorktown is located in Delaware County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the west of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Yorktown.
Iowa
Page County
This Yorktown is located in Page County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the west of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Yorktown.
Kansas
Lincoln 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 Kansas community of Yorktown [Lincoln County].
Kentucky
Clark County
This Yorktown is located in Clark County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Yorktown.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Yorktown.
Baltimore County
This Yorktown is located in Baltimore County and lies 87 miles [140 km] to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Yorktown.
Minnesota
Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Yorktown [Hennepin County].
Missouri
Atchison County
Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Yorktown.
New Jersey
Salem County
This Yorktown is located in Salem County and lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Yorktown.
New York
Westchester County
This Yorktown is located in Westchester County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Yorktown.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Yorktown is located in Forsyth County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Yorktown.
North Dakota
Dickey 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 North Dakota community of Yorktown [Dickey County].
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
This Yorktown is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the west of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Yorktown.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Yorktown is located in Rutherford County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Yorktown.
Williamson County
This Yorktown is located in Williamson County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km] to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Yorktown.
Texas
DeWitt County
This Yorktown is located in DeWitt County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeWitt County community of Yorktown.
Virginia
York County
This Yorktown is located in York County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Yorktown that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Yorktown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yorktown ...
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.
Fishers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Yorktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yorktown and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Yorktown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,355 miles [7,008.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yorktown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yorktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9734, Longitude: -75.1530 In this case, the coordinates for Yorktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Yorktown 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Yorktown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.695 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.251 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.481 degrees.