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 Angora:
39.944002, -75.237682
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.
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that share the name Angora.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Angora.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Indiana 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 Pennsylvania community of Angora [Indiana County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Rio Blanco County
This Angora is located in Rio Blanco County and lies 1,751 miles [2,818 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Angora that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Blanco County community of Angora.
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Angora is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Angora that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Angora.
Nebraska
Morrill County
This Angora is located in Morrill County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Angora that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrill County community of Angora.
Oregon
Coos 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 Oregon community of Angora [Coos County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Angora ...
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.
Bywood (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Angora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Angora and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Angora to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 120 miles [193.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 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 Angora 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Angora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Angora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9440, Longitude: -75.2377 In this case, the coordinates for Angora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Angora to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.748 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.306 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.529 degrees.