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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 Gwynedd Club, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gwynedd Club 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 Gwynedd Club:
- 40.223000, -75.272100
- 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 Gwynedd Club
- 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 Gwynedd Club is near Bucks County and also Indiana 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 Indiana 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 Gwynedd Club
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gwynedd Club ...
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.
- Acorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Blue Bell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bramble Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bramble Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Gate
- Clover Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
- Cowpath Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
- Cross Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gate
- Eureka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Gristmill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gristmill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Run
- Heather Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heather Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
- Helen Marie Court
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
- Hunter Villa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunter Villa is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Villa
- Imperial Arms
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Little Farm Trace Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Wick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meadow Wick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wick
- Merrybrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Parsons Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parsons Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Glen
- Spring House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Squires Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
- Sugarvalley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sugarvalley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarvalley
- Village Circle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Village Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Circle
- Winners Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
- Wooded Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
- Yorkshire Commons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Yorkshire Commons is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Commons
How Far From Gwynedd Club 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 Gwynedd Club to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gwynedd Club and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- 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 Gwynedd Club 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 131 miles [210.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,767 miles [9,281.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gwynedd Club) 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 Gwynedd Club 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 Gwynedd Club. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2230, Longitude: -75.2721 In this case, the coordinates for Gwynedd Club have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.743 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.345 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.426 degrees. |
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