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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 Golden Acres Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Acres Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Golden Acres Estates:
    • 40.564268, -75.117951
    • 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 Golden Acres Estates
  • 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 Golden Acres Estates is near Hunterdon County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Golden Acres Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Acres Estates ...

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.

  • Amsterdam
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Amsterdam is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
  • Clay Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Clay Ridge is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Ridge
  • Erwinna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Everbreeze Plateau
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Everbreeze Plateau is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze Plateau
  • Ferndale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ferndale is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Finesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Finesville is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finesville
  • Holland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Holland is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Hughesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hughesville is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
  • Jugtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jugtown is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Little York
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Little York is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
    • Mount Joy
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Joy is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
    • Mount Pleasant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Narrowsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Narrowsville is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrowsville
    • Spring Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Spring Mills is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
    • Upper Black Eddy
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)

How Far From Golden Acres Estates 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 Golden Acres Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Golden Acres Estates and extending to:

  • Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Acres Estates to Doylestown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,331 miles [6,970.1 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Golden Acres Estates) 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 Golden Acres Estates 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 Golden Acres Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5643, Longitude: -75.1180       In this case, the coordinates for Golden Acres Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.62 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.26 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.213 degrees.