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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 Marble Hall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marble Hall 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 Marble Hall:
- 40.091499, -75.251290
- 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 Marble Hall
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Marble Hall is near Philadelphia County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Marble Hall
Communities Also Named Marble Hall ...
We found one communities that are also named Marble Hall.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Marble Hall is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Marble Hall in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Hawkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Marble Hall [Hawkins County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marble Hall ...
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.
- Black Horse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Black Horse is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Broad Axe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carpenter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Cherry Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Chestnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Cold Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cold Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Flourtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gravers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gravers is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravers
- Hickorytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickorytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorytown
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hill Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hollow Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
- Ivy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ivy Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
- Ivy Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivy Rock is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Rock
- Joshua Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Joshua Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Knoll
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mermaid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mermaid is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Plymouth Meeting
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roseglen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roseglen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen
- Seven Stars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Seven Stars is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Spring Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Sunnybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Valley Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
How Far From Marble Hall 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 Marble Hall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Marble Hall and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Marble Hall 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 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Marble Hall could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marble Hall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Marble Hall 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 Marble Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0915, Longitude: -75.2513 In this case, the coordinates for Marble Hall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.743 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.324 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.473 degrees. |
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