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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 Blackhorse:
39.985659, -75.954950
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 Blackhorse
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:
We found seven communities that are also named Blackhorse.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Blackhorse.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Delaware County
This Blackhorse is located in Delaware County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the east of the Blackhorse that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Blackhorse.
Montgomery County
This Blackhorse is located in Montgomery County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blackhorse that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Blackhorse.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Nevada
White Pine County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Blackhorse [White Pine County].
New Jersey
Middlesex County
This Blackhorse is located in Middlesex County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blackhorse that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Blackhorse.
Ohio
Portage County
This Blackhorse is located in Portage County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blackhorse that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Blackhorse.
Ontario
This Blackhorse lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blackhorse that is located in Chester County.
South Dakota
Corson County
This Blackhorse is located in Corson County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blackhorse that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Corson County community of Blackhorse.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackhorse ...
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.
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 Blackhorse to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackhorse and extending to:
West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Blackhorse to West Chester, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 94 miles [151.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,806 miles [9,343.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,389 miles [7,063.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Blackhorse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Blackhorse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Blackhorse 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 Blackhorse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9857, Longitude: -75.9549 In this case, the coordinates for Blackhorse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.17 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.791 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.82 degrees.