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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 Wilburtha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilburtha 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 Wilburtha:
- 40.252053, -74.832386
- 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 Wilburtha
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Wilburtha is near Bucks County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Wilburtha
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilburtha ...
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.
- Bear Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern
- Birch Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Birch Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Valley
- Bucktoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktoe is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktoe
- Cobalt Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cobalt Ridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Ridge
- Crabtree Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crabtree Hollow is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hollow
- Elderberry Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elderberry Pond is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderberry Pond
- Fairless Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairless Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairless Junction is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairless Junction
- Glenlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenlake is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake
- Harts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harts Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corner
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holly Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Hill is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lewisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Maple Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Point is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
- Princessville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Red Cedar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Red Cedar Hill is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cedar Hill
- Slackwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slackwoods is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwoods
- Stoopville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stoopville is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoopville
- Thornridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
- Wheat Sheaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
- Will O Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Will O Wood is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will O Wood
- Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Wilburtha 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 Wilburtha to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wilburtha and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Wilburtha to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,330 miles [6,968.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 '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- Wilburtha) 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 Wilburtha 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 Wilburtha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2521, Longitude: -74.8324 In this case, the coordinates for Wilburtha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.48 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.052 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.224 degrees. |
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