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 Marlboro:
39.895574, -75.703880
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 found nineteen communities that share the name Marlboro.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Marlboro is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Marlboro lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
California
Orange County
This Marlboro is located in Orange County and lies 2,344 miles [3,772.3 km]<1> to the west of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Marlboro.
Indiana
Jasper County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Marlboro [Jasper County].
Maine
Hancock County
This Marlboro is located in Hancock County and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Marlboro.
Maryland
Prince George's County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Marlboro [Prince George's County].
Massachusetts
Essex County
This Marlboro is located in Essex County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Marlboro.
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Marlboro is located in Burlington County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the east of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Marlboro.
Cumberland County
This Marlboro is located in Cumberland County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southeast of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Marlboro.
Monmouth County
This Marlboro is located in Monmouth County and lies 82 miles [132 km] to the east northeast of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Marlboro.
New York
Kings County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Marlboro [Kings County].
Ulster County
This Marlboro is located in Ulster County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Marlboro.
North Carolina
Pender County
This Marlboro is located in Pender County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Marlboro.
Pitt County
This Marlboro is located in Pitt County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the south southwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Marlboro.
Ohio
Stark County
This Marlboro is located in Stark County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Marlboro.
South Carolina
Marlboro County
This Marlboro is located in Marlboro County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marlboro County community of Marlboro.
Vermont
Windham County
This Marlboro is located in Windham County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Marlboro.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Marlboro [Chesterfield County].
Frederick County
This Marlboro is located in Frederick County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Marlboro.
Stafford County
This Marlboro is located in Stafford County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southwest of the Marlboro that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Marlboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marlboro ...
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.
Allegiance (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allegiance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Marlboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marlboro and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Marlboro to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 99 miles [159.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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 from Point A (ie- Marlboro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marlboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8956, Longitude: -75.7039
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Marlboro 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.
<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>
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.
<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 Marlboro 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 307.028 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.616 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.749 degrees.