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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 Harley Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harley Corners 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 Harley Corners:
- 40.158236, -75.373718
- 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 Harley Corners
- 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 Harley Corners is near Indiana County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Harley Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harley Corners ...
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.
- Audubon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cinnamon Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cinnamon Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Hill
- Eagleville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meadow Wick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Wick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wick
- Mews at Blue Bell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mews at Blue Bell is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mews at Blue Bell
- Mews at Valley Forge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mews at Valley Forge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mews at Valley Forge
- Providence Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Providence Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Crossing
- Providence Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Green
- Providence Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Meadows
- Providence Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Providence Oaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Oaks
- Springtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springtown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Stuarts Keep
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stuarts Keep is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuarts Keep
- Sunnyside Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunnyside Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Farms
- Sweet Briar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sweet Briar is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
- Town Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Town Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Court
- Trooper
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wooded Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wooded Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Glen
How Far From Harley Corners 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 Harley Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harley Corners and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Harley Corners 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 124 miles [199.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 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- Harley Corners) 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 Harley Corners 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 Harley Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1582, Longitude: -75.3737 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.809 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.41 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.497 degrees. |
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