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 Gardendale:
39.842334, -75.446307
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 Gardendale
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:
We found eight communities that are also named Gardendale.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Gardendale is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Gardendale is located in Jefferson County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Gardendale.
Tuscaloosa County
This Gardendale is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km] to the west southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Gardendale.
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Gardendale is located in Saint Clair County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Gardendale.
South Carolina
Lexington County
This Gardendale is located in Lexington County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Gardendale.
Texas
Bexar County
Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Gardendale.
Ector County
This Gardendale is located in Ector County and lies 1,592 miles [2,562.1 km]<1> to the west of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ector County community of Gardendale.
La Salle County
This Gardendale is located in La Salle County and lies 1,559 miles [2,509 km] to the west southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Gardendale.
Nueces County
This Gardendale is located in Nueces County and lies 1,505 miles [2,422.1 km] to the west southwest of the Gardendale that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Gardendale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gardendale ...
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.
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 Gardendale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gardendale and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Gardendale 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 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,373 miles [7,037.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gardendale) 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.
<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 Gardendale 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 Gardendale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8423, Longitude: -75.4463 In this case, the coordinates for Gardendale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.88 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.44 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.661 degrees.