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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 Little Farm Trace Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Farm Trace 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 Little Farm Trace Park:
- 40.267300, -75.217800
- 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 Little Farm Trace 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 Little Farm Trace Park is near Montgomery County and also Indiana 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 Indiana 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 Little Farm Trace Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Farm Trace 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.
- Bramble Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bramble Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Gate
- Castle Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
- Cowpath Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
- Cross Gate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cross Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gate
- Edison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Eureka
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farm School
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farm School is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm School
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Heather Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heather Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
- Helen Marie Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
- Imperial Arms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
- Merrybrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Parsons Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Parsons Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Glen
- Patriot Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Patriot Place is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriot Place
- Squires Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
- Tradesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tradesville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Unionville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Winners Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
- Wooded Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
- Yorkshire Commons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire Commons is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Commons
How Far From Little Farm Trace Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Little Farm Trace Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Farm Trace Park and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Little Farm Trace Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 135 miles [217.3 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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- Little Farm Trace Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Little Farm Trace 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 Little Farm Trace Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2673, Longitude: -75.2178 In this case, the coordinates for Little Farm Trace Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.707 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.311 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.384 degrees. |
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