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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 Fairhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairhill 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 Fairhill:
- 40.319645, -75.281338
- 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 Fairhill
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Fairhill is near Montgomery County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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 Fairhill
Communities Also Named Fairhill ...
We found four communities that are also named Fairhill.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Fairhill.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Fairhill [Philadelphia County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Fairhill is located in Montgomery County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Fairhill that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fairhill.
- Mississippi
- Noxubee County
- This Fairhill is located in Noxubee County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fairhill that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Fairhill.
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Fairhill is located in Lexington County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Fairhill that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Fairhill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairhill ...
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.
- Blooming Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Glen is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Glen
- Bramble Gate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bramble Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Gate
- Bridle Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bridle Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Run
- Cowpath Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
- Cross Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gate
- Hunters Greene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Greene is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Greene
- Mews at Wickford Commons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Orchard Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Orchard Glen is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Glen
- Pear Tree Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pear Tree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Village
- Reliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reliance is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Sellersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Silverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Society Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Society Meadows is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Meadows
- Stonycrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stonycrest is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycrest
- Unionville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Unionville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Yorkshire Commons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire Commons is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Commons
How Far From Fairhill 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 Fairhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairhill and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fairhill 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Fairhill 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fairhill 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 Fairhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3196, Longitude: -75.2813 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.74 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.357 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.389 degrees. |
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