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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 Amityville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amityville 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 Amityville:
    • 40.300094, -75.736302
    • 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 Amityville
  • 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
    • Since Amityville is near Montgomery County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Amityville

Communities Also Named Amityville ...

We found one communities that are also named Amityville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Amityville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Amityville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Amityville is located in Suffolk County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Amityville that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Amityville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amityville ...

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.

  • Cider Mill Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cider Mill Run is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Mill Run
  • Earlville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Earlville is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
  • Furnace Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Furnace Hill is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
  • Glasgow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glasgow is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • High Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • High Meadows is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
  • Indian Springs Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ironstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Ironstone is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone
  • Limekiln
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Limekiln is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln
  • Lincolntown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincolntown is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolntown
  • Little Oley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Little Oley is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oley
  • Mexico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mexico is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
  • Pine Forge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Stonersville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Stonersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonersville
    • Stonetown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Stonetown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonetown
    • Texas
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Texas is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Unionville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Weavertown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Weavertown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavertown
    • Woodchoppertown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Woodchoppertown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodchoppertown
    • Woods Edge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Woods Edge is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge
    • Yellow House
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Yellow House is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow House

How Far From Amityville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Amityville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Amityville to Reading, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,368 miles [7,029.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amityville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Amityville 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 Amityville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3001, Longitude: -75.7363       In this case, the coordinates for Amityville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.013 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.663 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.594 degrees.