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We found fifteen communities that are also named Bon Air.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Bon Air.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Allegheny County
This Bon Air is located in Allegheny County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the west of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Bon Air.
Cambria County
This Bon Air is located in Cambria County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Bon Air.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Bon Air is located in Jefferson County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bon Air.
Talladega County
This Bon Air is located in Talladega County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the west southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Bon Air.
Arkansas
Stone 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 Arkansas community of Bon Air [Stone County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Bon Air is located in Hillsborough County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bon Air.
Kentucky
Letcher 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 Bon Air [Letcher County].
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
This Bon Air is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Bon Air.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Bon Air is located in Camden County and lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Bon Air.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Bon Air is located in Forsyth County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Bon Air.
Ontario
This Bon Air lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
Tennessee
Sumner County
This Bon Air is located in Sumner County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Bon Air.
White County
This Bon Air is located in White County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the west southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Bon Air.
Virginia
Arlington County
This Bon Air is located in Arlington County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Bon Air.
Chesterfield County
This Bon Air is located in Chesterfield County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the southwest of the Bon Air that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Bon Air.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bon Air ...
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 Bon Air to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bon Air and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bon Air 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 117 miles [188.3 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 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,362 miles [7,020 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bon Air) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bon Air 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>
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 Bon Air 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 Bon Air. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9671, Longitude: -75.3182 In this case, the coordinates for Bon Air have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.793 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.362 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.554 degrees.