Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Avondale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avondale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Avondale
- 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 Avondale:
- 39.823443, -75.783273
- 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 Avondale
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Avondale is near New Castle County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- eBird sighting report for Cecil 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Avondale ...
We found 60 communities that share the name Avondale.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Avondale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 55 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Florida
- Duval County
- This Avondale is located in Duval County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Avondale.
- Escambia County
- This Avondale is located in Escambia County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Avondale.
- Hillsborough County
- This Avondale is located in Hillsborough County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km] to the south southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Avondale.
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- This Avondale is located in Bibb County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Avondale.
- Chatham County
- This Avondale is located in Chatham County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km] to the south southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Avondale.
- Dougherty County
- This Avondale is located in Dougherty County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Avondale.
- McDuffie County
- This Avondale is located in McDuffie County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDuffie County community of Avondale.
- Muscogee County
- This Avondale is located in Muscogee County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Avondale.
- Richmond County
- This Avondale is located in Richmond County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Avondale.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Avondale [Jefferson County].
- McCracken County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Avondale [McCracken County].
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish
- This Avondale is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Avondale.
- Tensas Parish
- This Avondale is located in Tensas Parish and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Avondale.
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- This Avondale is located in Carroll County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Avondale.
- Prince George's County
- This Avondale is located in Prince George's County and lies 87 miles [140 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Avondale.
- Michigan
- Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Avondale [Muskegon County].
- Osceola County
- This Avondale is located in Osceola County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osceola County community of Avondale.
- Mississippi
- Bolivar 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 Mississippi community of Avondale [Bolivar County].
- Oktibbeha County
- This Avondale is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Avondale.
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Brunswick
- This Avondale lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- New Jersey
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Avondale lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This Avondale is located in Belmont County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the west of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Avondale.
- Coshocton 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 Ohio community of Avondale [Coshocton County].
- Hamilton County
- This Avondale is located in Hamilton County and lies 466 miles [750 km] to the west of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Avondale.
- Licking County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Avondale.
- Logan County
- This Avondale is located in Logan County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km] to the west of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Avondale.
- Montgomery County
- This Avondale is located in Montgomery County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km] to the west of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Avondale.
- Muskingum County
- This Avondale is located in Muskingum County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the west of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Avondale.
- Stark County
- This Avondale is located in Stark County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the west northwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Avondale.
- Ontario
- This Avondale lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the north of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Avondale lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Avondale is located in Charleston County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Avondale.
- Greenwood County
- This Avondale is located in Greenwood County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Avondale.
- Oconee County
- This Avondale is located in Oconee County and lies 530 miles [853 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Avondale.
- Sumter County
- This Avondale is located in Sumter County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km] to the southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Avondale.
- Tennessee
- Davidson County
- This Avondale is located in Davidson County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Avondale.
- Gibson County
- This Avondale is located in Gibson County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Avondale.
- Grainger County
- This Avondale is located in Grainger County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Avondale.
- Hamilton County
- This Avondale is located in Hamilton County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Avondale.
- Sumner County
- This Avondale is located in Sumner County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Avondale.
- Texas
- Cameron County
- This Avondale is located in Cameron County and lies 1,571 miles [2,528.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Avondale.
- Tarrant County
- This Avondale is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Avondale.
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Doddridge County
- This Avondale is located in Doddridge County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the west of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Avondale.
- McDowell County
- This Avondale is located in McDowell County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km] to the west southwest of the Avondale that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Avondale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avondale ...
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.
- Charter Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charter Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
- Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Corner Ketch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Ketch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
- Corner Ketch is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Cornish Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Hills
- Cornish Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Cricket Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cricket Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
- Cricket Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Chester County
- Fox Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Fox Meadow is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Great Good Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Good Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Good Place
- Great Good Place is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Green Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn
- Green Lawn is located in Chester County
- Hickory Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Hillstream
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillstream have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillstream
- Hillstream is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Holly Knoll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Knoll
- Holly Knoll is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Iron Gates
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Iron Gates is located in New Castle County (DE)
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- Jennersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennersville
- Jennersville is located in Chester County
- Little Baltimore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Baltimore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
- Little Baltimore is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Manley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Meadowbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Meeting House Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeting House Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
- Meeting House Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Meeting House Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meeting House Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Meadows
- Meeting House Meadows is located in New Castle County (DE)
- New Garden
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
- New Garden is located in Chester County
- Quaker Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Quaker Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Stirrup Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stirrup Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrup Farms
- Stirrup Farms is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Chester County
- Vintage Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vintage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Walnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jennersville
How Far From Avondale to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Avondale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avondale and extending to:
- West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Avondale to West Chester, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 92 miles [148.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,805 miles [9,342.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,388 miles [7,061.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Avondale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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- Avondale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avondale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8234, Longitude: -75.7833 In this case, the coordinates for Avondale 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 Avondale 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Avondale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Avondale 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 307.081 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.665 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.813 degrees. |