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 Larchmont:
39.987611, -75.382693
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 Larchmont
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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Larchmont.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Larchmont is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Larchmont is located in New Castle County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Larchmont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Larchmont.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Larchmont is located in Hillsborough County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Larchmont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Larchmont.
New York
Westchester County
This Larchmont is located in Westchester County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Larchmont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Larchmont.
Virginia
Arlington County
This Larchmont is located in Arlington County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Larchmont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Larchmont.
Norfolk City
This Larchmont is located in Norfolk City and lies 219 miles [352.4 km] to the south southwest of the Larchmont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Larchmont.
Washington
Pierce County
This Larchmont is located in Pierce County and lies 2,367 miles [3,809.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Larchmont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Larchmont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Larchmont ...
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.
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 Larchmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Larchmont and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Larchmont 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 115 miles [185.1 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 5,782 miles [9,305.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,364 miles [7,023.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Larchmont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
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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 Larchmont 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 Larchmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9876, Longitude: -75.3827 In this case, the coordinates for Larchmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.83 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.406 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.573 degrees.