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 Collegeville:
37.904925, -121.147442
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 Collegeville
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 San Joaquin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Collegeville.
Within California, the name Collegeville is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Saline County
This Collegeville is located in Saline County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<1> to the east of the Collegeville that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Collegeville.
Indiana
Jasper County
This Collegeville is located in Jasper County and lies 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Collegeville that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Collegeville.
Minnesota
Stearns County
This Collegeville is located in Stearns County and lies 1,469 miles [2,364.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Collegeville that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Collegeville.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This Collegeville is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,428 miles [3,907.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Collegeville that is located in San Joaquin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Collegeville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Collegeville ...
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.
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 Collegeville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Collegeville and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Collegeville to Sacramento, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,382 miles [11,880.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,150 miles [13,116.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,193 miles [9,966.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Collegeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Collegeville 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 Collegeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9049, Longitude: -121.1474 In this case, the coordinates for Collegeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.147 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.89 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.385 degrees.