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 Hawthorne:
39.935946, -75.167123
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.
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 30 communities that share the name Hawthorne.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hawthorne is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Hawthorne is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,396 miles [3,856 km]<1> to the west of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Hawthorne.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Hawthorne.
Florida
Alachua County
This Hawthorne is located in Alachua County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Hawthorne.
Lake County
This Hawthorne is located in Lake County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km] to the south southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Hawthorne.
Illinois
Cook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hawthorne [Cook County].
Indiana
Lawrence County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hawthorne [Lawrence County].
Iowa
Montgomery County
This Hawthorne is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the west of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hawthorne.
Kansas
Atchison County
This Hawthorne is located in Atchison County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the west of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Hawthorne.
Kentucky
Campbell County
This Hawthorne is located in Campbell County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the west of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Hawthorne.
Louisiana
Vernon Parish
This Hawthorne is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Hawthorne.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Hawthorne is located in Baltimore County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Hawthorne.
Charles County
This Hawthorne is located in Charles County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Hawthorne.
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Hawthorne is located in Saint Clair County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Hawthorne.
Mississippi
Adams County
This Hawthorne is located in Adams County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Hawthorne.
Pearl River County
This Hawthorne is located in Pearl River County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km] to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pearl River County community of Hawthorne.
Nebraska
Lancaster County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Lancaster County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Hawthorne.
Nevada
Mineral County
This Hawthorne is located in Mineral County and lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Hawthorne.
New Jersey
Bergen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hawthorne [Bergen County].
New York
Westchester County
This Hawthorne is located in Westchester County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Hawthorne.
North Carolina
Buncombe County
This Hawthorne is located in Buncombe County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Hawthorne.
Nova Scotia
This Hawthorne lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hawthorne.
Oregon
Douglas County
This Hawthorne is located in Douglas County and lies 2,448 miles [3,939.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Hawthorne.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hawthorne [Aiken County].
Tennessee
Bedford County
This Hawthorne is located in Bedford County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Hawthorne.
Texas
Shelby County
This Hawthorne is located in Shelby County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Hawthorne.
Walker County
This Hawthorne is located in Walker County and lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km] to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Hawthorne.
Virginia
Norton City
This Hawthorne is located in Norton City and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton City community of Hawthorne.
West Virginia
Logan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hawthorne [Logan County].
Wisconsin
Douglas County
This Hawthorne is located in Douglas County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Hawthorne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawthorne ...
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.
Cedar Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hawthorne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hawthorne and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hawthorne to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 6 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 122 miles [196.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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).<9>
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 from Point A (ie- Hawthorne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hawthorne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9359, Longitude: -75.1671 In this case, the coordinates for Hawthorne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hawthorne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Hawthorne could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Hawthorne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.707 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.259 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.503 degrees.