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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 Zions View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zions View 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 Zions View:
- 40.057933, -76.775725
- 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 Zions View
- 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 Zions View is near Lancaster County and also Dauphin 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 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 Zions View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zions View ...
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.
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bass Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bass Lake is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Clear View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clear View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairway
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairway is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
- Fireside Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fireside Park is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Park
- Fireside Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fireside Terrace is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fireside Terrace
- Greenridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Harvest Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harvest Hills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
- Herman Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herman Heights is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman Heights
- Holly Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Heights is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Heights
- Lewisberry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Maytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Mount Wolf
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasureville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasureville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
- Poplars
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Poplars is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplars
- Quaker Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Ramblewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramblewood is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Roundtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Roundtown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtown
- Skyline Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Heights is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Starview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodland View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland View is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland View
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodside is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodstream
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstream is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream
How Far From Zions View 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 Zions View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Zions View and extending to:
- York, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Zions View to Harrisburg, 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 five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 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 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 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 4,423 miles [7,118.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Zions View) 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 Zions View 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 Zions View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0579, Longitude: -76.7757 In this case, the coordinates for Zions View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.654 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.351 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.145 degrees. |
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