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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Irish Meeting House.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Irish Meeting House, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irish Meeting House 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 Irish Meeting House:
- 40.394549, -75.205174<1>
- 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 Irish Meeting House
- 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 Irish Meeting House is near Hunterdon County and also Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Irish Meeting House
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irish Meeting House ...
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.
- Blooming Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blooming Glen is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Glen
- Danboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Danboro is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danboro
- Deep Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deep Run is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Dublin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dyerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dyerstown is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyerstown
- Elephant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elephant is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant
- Fountainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fountainville is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainville
- Gardenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mews at Wickford Commons
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Orchard Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Glen is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Glen
- Pine Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Run is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pipersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockhill is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Rockhill Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockhill Station is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Station
- Silverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Society Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Society Meadows is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Meadows
- Stonycrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stonycrest is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycrest
- White Horse
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- White Horse is also located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
How Far From Irish Meeting House 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 included the distance from a community such as Irish Meeting House to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Irish Meeting House and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Irish Meeting House to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 141 miles [226.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Irish Meeting House:
Decimal: 40.39454, -75.205174
DDMMSS: 40° 23' 40", -75° 12' 18" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Irish Meeting House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Irish Meeting House 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 Irish Meeting House. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3945, Longitude: -75.2052 In this case, the coordinates for Irish Meeting House have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.688 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.31 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.324 degrees. |
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