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 Fairville:
39.844277, -75.630764
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 Fairville
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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Fairville.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Fairville.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Union County
This Fairville is located in Union County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fairville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Fairville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Sonoma County
This Fairville is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,485 miles [3,999.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Fairville.
Iowa
Palo Alto County
This Fairville is located in Palo Alto County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fairville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palo Alto County community of Fairville.
Louisiana
Saint Mary Parish
This Fairville is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fairville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Fairville.
Missouri
Saline County
This Fairville is located in Saline County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fairville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Fairville.
New York
Wayne County
This Fairville is located in Wayne County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fairville that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Fairville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairville ...
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.
Beaver Valley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Beaver Valley is located in New Castle County (DE)
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 Fairville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairville and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fairville 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 4 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,381 miles [7,050.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Fairville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
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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 Fairville 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 Fairville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8443, Longitude: -75.6308 In this case, the coordinates for Fairville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.989 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.564 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.739 degrees.