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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 Alnwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alnwick 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 Alnwick:
- 40.128999, -75.072950
- 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 Alnwick
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Alnwick is near Philadelphia County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Alnwick
Communities Also Named Alnwick ...
We found five communities that are also named Alnwick.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Alnwick is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alnwick [El Paso County].
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alnwick [Chatham County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alnwick.
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- This Alnwick is located in Blount County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Alnwick that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Alnwick.
- West Virginia
- Mingo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alnwick [Mingo County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alnwick ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Grass is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Casey Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Casey Village is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village
- Churchville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Churchville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- County Line
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Fairoaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairoaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Fox Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fox Chase is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Heaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Jamestown Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamestown Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Village
- Jenkintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johnsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Lacey Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lacey Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Park
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mill Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Noble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Noble is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Paper Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paper Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mills
- Pauls Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pauls Run is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Run
- Pennypack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pennypack is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack
- Robert Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Robert Bruce is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Bruce
- Rockledge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shoemaker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Village
- Street Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Street Road is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street Road
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Alnwick 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 Alnwick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alnwick and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Alnwick to Norristown, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Alnwick 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alnwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Alnwick 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 Alnwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1290, Longitude: -75.0730 In this case, the coordinates for Alnwick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.634 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.206 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.38 degrees. |
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