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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 Delphi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delphi and the surrounding area.
- 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 Delphi:
- 40.269104, -75.470176
- 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 Delphi
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Delphi is near Chester County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Delphi
Communities Also Named Delphi ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Delphi.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Delphi is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Las Animas 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 Colorado community of Delphi [Las Animas County].
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- This Delphi is located in Carroll County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the west of the Delphi that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Delphi.
- Kansas
- Cowley 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 Kansas community of Delphi [Cowley County].
- Nevada
- Lyon County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Delphi.
- New York
- Onondaga 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 New York community of Delphi [Onondaga County].
- North Carolina
- Alleghany 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 North Carolina community of Delphi [Alleghany County].
- Ohio
- Huron County
- This Delphi is located in Huron County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the west of the Delphi that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Delphi.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Delphi [Edgefield County].
- Tennessee
- Sequatchie County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Sequatchie County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequatchie County community of Delphi.
- Washington
- Thurston County
- This Delphi is located in Thurston County and lies 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Delphi that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Delphi.
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- This Delphi is located in Nicholas County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Delphi that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Delphi.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delphi ...
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.
- Anise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Pointe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Pointe
- Collegeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Creamery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Heath
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fox Heath is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Heath
- Frederick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frederick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
- Golf Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Golf Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Ridge
- Harley Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harley Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley Glen
- Harleysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony Towne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Towne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Towne
- Heather View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heather View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather View
- Hunter Crest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hunter Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Crest
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kingscote
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kingscote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscote
- Limerick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limerick Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Limerick Center is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick Center
- Limerick Greene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Limerick Greene is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick Greene
- Mainland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mainland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainland
- Obelisk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pennypacker Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pennypacker Road is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Road
- Providence Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Providence Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Knoll
- Shirks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugar Hill Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sugar Hill Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Farms
- Summer Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Chase is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Chase
- Summerwind
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Summerwind is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind
- Walnut Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Crossing
- Walnut Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Farms
How Far From Delphi 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 Delphi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Delphi and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Delphi to Norristown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 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 Delphi 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- Delphi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Delphi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Delphi 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 Delphi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2691, Longitude: -75.4702 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.857 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.481 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.492 degrees. |
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