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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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Estates at Fawn Ridge and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for The Estates at Fawn Ridge
  • 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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge:
    • 40.245300, -75.380900
    • 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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge
  • 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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge is near Bucks County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Estates at Fawn Ridge ...

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.

  • Cedars
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Creamery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Gristmill Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gristmill Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Run
  • Harley Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harley Glen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley Glen
  • Harleysville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Harmony Towne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harmony Towne is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Towne
  • Hunter Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hunter Crest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Crest
  • Hunter Villa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hunter Villa is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Villa
  • Kingscote
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Kingscote is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscote
  • Mainland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mainland is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainland
  • Shirks Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Shirks Corner is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirks Corner
  • Sugarvalley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugarvalley is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarvalley
  • Summerwind
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Summerwind is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerwind

How Far From The Estates at Fawn Ridge to ...

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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in The Estates at Fawn Ridge and extending to:

  • Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Estates at Fawn Ridge to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 128 miles [206 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Estates at Fawn Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge 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 The Estates at Fawn Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2453, Longitude: -75.3809       In this case, the coordinates for The Estates at Fawn Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.806 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.42 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.463 degrees.