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 Mantua:
39.962613, -75.191290
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.
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eleven communities that share the name Mantua.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mantua is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Greene County
This Mantua is located in Greene County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Mantua.
Kansas
Allen County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Allen County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Mantua.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Mantua is located in Baltimore County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Mantua.
New Jersey
Gloucester County
This Mantua is located in Gloucester County and lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Mantua.
Nova Scotia
This Mantua lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
Ohio
Guernsey County
This Mantua is located in Guernsey County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the west of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Mantua.
Portage County
This Mantua is located in Portage County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km] to the west northwest of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Mantua.
Texas
Collin County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mantua [Collin County].
Utah
Box Elder County
This Mantua is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,911 miles [3,075.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Mantua.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Mantua is located in Fairfax County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Mantua.
Wyoming
Park County
This Mantua is located in Park County and lies 1,727 miles [2,779.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mantua that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Mantua.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mantua ...
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.
Cedar Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Mantua to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mantua and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Mantua 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 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 122 miles [196.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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- Mantua) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mantua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9626, Longitude: -75.1913 In this case, the coordinates for Mantua have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mantua, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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.
<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 Mantua to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.719 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.276 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.502 degrees.