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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 Eddystone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eddystone 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 Eddystone:
- 39.859835, -75.343523
- 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 Eddystone
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Eddystone is near Gloucester County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Eddystone
Communities Also Named Eddystone ...
We found two communities that are also named Eddystone.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Eddystone is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This Eddystone lies 1,379 miles [2,219.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Eddystone that is located in Delaware County.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Eddystone.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eddystone ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Californian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Californian is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Californian
- Chester
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Green Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Ridge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marcus Hook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Media
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Lane is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Ridge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Prospect
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Providence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Rose Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 952 people
- Sackville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sackville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackville
- Summits Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Summits Edge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summits Edge
- Trainer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trainer is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,823 people
- Twin Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twin Oaks is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Eddystone 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 Eddystone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eddystone and extending to:
- Media, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Eddystone 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 112 miles [180.2 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 5,785 miles [9,310.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eddystone) 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 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 Eddystone 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 Eddystone 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 Eddystone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8598, Longitude: -75.3435 In this case, the coordinates for Eddystone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.818 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.372 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.61 degrees. |
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