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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 Heather View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heather View 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 Heather View:
- 40.206800, -75.477600
- 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 Heather View
- 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 Heather View is near Chester County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Heather View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heather View ...
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.
- Chestnut Pointe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Pointe
- Collegeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Creamery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fords Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fords Edge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Edge
- Fox Heath
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fox Heath is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Heath
- Golf Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Golf Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Ridge
- Harmony Towne
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Towne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Towne
- Limerick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limerick Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limerick Center is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick Center
- Limerick Greene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limerick Greene is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick Greene
- Mingo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mingo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Orchard Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Courts is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Courts
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pennypacker Road
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pennypacker Road is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Road
- Providence Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Forge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Forge
- Providence Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Green
- Providence Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Providence Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Knoll
- Providence Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Providence Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Ridge
- Sugar Hill Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugar Hill Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Farms
- Summer Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Chase is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Chase
- Walnut Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Crossing
- Walnut Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Farms
- Winding River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winding River is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding River
How Far From Heather View 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 Heather View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heather View and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Heather View to Norristown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 74 miles [119.1 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 5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 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- Heather View) 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 Heather View 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 Heather View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2068, Longitude: -75.4776 In this case, the coordinates for Heather View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.483 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.522 degrees. |
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