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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 Loag, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loag 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 Loag:
    • 40.128988, -75.813132
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Loag
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loag ...

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.

  • Cold Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Run
    • Cold Run is located in Berks County
  • Dampman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Geigertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Honey Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Brook
    • Honey Brook is located in Chester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,756 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honey Brook <2>
  • Icedale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Icedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Icedale
    • Icedale is located in Chester County
  • Joanna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Joanna Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joanna Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Furnace
    • Joanna Furnace is located in Berks County
  • Joanna Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joanna Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Heights
    • Joanna Heights is located in Berks County
  • Lewis Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mills
    • Lewis Mills is located in Chester County
  • Little Washington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
    • Little Washington is located in Chester County
  • Pine Swamp
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Swamp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Swamp
    • Pine Swamp is located in Chester County
  • Rockville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Chester County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rockville
    • From Loag to Rockville

How Far From Loag to ...

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 Loag to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Loag and extending to:

  • West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Loag to West Chester, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,794 miles [9,324.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,378 miles [7,045.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loag. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Loag) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Loag. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1290, Longitude: -75.8131    
<5>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.
<6>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 Loag to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.073 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.704 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.699 degrees.




 

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