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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 Lacey Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lacey Park 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 Lacey Park:
- 40.186220, -75.088505
- 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 Lacey Park
- 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 Lacey Park is near Montgomery County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Lacey Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lacey Park ...
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.
- Breadysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Breadysville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breadysville
- Casey Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Casey Village is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village
- Churchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Churchville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- County Line
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- County Line is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Fairoaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairoaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Hartsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Heaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Ivybrook Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ivybrook Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivybrook Ridge
- Ivygreene Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ivygreene Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivygreene Run
- Ivyland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jamestown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Village
- Johnsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Johnsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Meetinghouse Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meetinghouse Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meetinghouse Village
- Mill Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Paper Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paper Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mills
- Robert Bruce
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robert Bruce is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Bruce
- Saw Mill Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
- Shoemaker Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shoemaker Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Village
- Willow Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Lacey Park 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 Lacey Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lacey Park and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lacey Park 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 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 136 miles [218.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 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- Lacey Park) 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 Lacey Park 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 Lacey Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1862, Longitude: -75.0885 In this case, the coordinates for Lacey Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.638 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.22 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.362 degrees. |
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