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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 New Philadelphia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Philadelphia 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 New Philadelphia:
    • 39.694491, -90.958466
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on New Philadelphia
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named New Philadelphia ...

We found seven communities that share the name New Philadelphia.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named New Philadelphia.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • McDonough County
      • This New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County and lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Philadelphia that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonough County community of New Philadelphia.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Washington County
      • This New Philadelphia is located in Washington County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the New Philadelphia that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of New Philadelphia.
    • Iowa
      • New Philadelphia #1
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=39.694491&lon=-90.958466&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for New Philadelphia.
    • Kansas
      • Wyandotte 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 New Philadelphia [Wyandotte County].
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This New Philadelphia is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the east of the New Philadelphia that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of New Philadelphia.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This New Philadelphia is located in Schuylkill County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the east of the New Philadelphia that is located in Pike County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of New Philadelphia.
    • Texas
      • Wharton 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 Texas community of New Philadelphia [Wharton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Philadelphia ...

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.

  • Atlas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atlas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
    • Atlas is located in Pike County
  • Barry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Beverly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Beverly is located in Adams County
  • Fishhook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishhook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhook
    • Fishhook is located in Pike County
  • Kinderhook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Maysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
    • Maysville is located in Pike County
  • Rockport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Summer Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Summer Hill is located in Pike County
  • Sunny Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
    • Sunny Hill is located in Pike County

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

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

  • Pittsfield, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Philadelphia to Pittsfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 745 miles [1,199 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Philadelphia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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- New Philadelphia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Philadelphia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6945, Longitude: -90.9585       In this case, the coordinates for New Philadelphia 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 New Philadelphia 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 New Philadelphia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.615 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.523 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.765 degrees.




 

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