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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 Marywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marywood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Marywood:
    • 40.326198, -75.854898
    • 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 Marywood
  • 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
    • Since Marywood is near Montgomery County and also Chester 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 Chester 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 Marywood

Communities Also Named Marywood ...

We found four communities that are also named Marywood.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Marywood is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • This Marywood is located in Kane County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marywood that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Marywood.
    • Indiana
      • Vigo 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 Marywood [Vigo County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Marywood is located in Harford County and lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marywood that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Marywood.
    • North Carolina
      • Durham County
      • This Marywood is located in Durham County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marywood that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Marywood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marywood ...

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.

  • Fairway
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fairway is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Farming Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Farming Ridge is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farming Ridge
  • Forest Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Court is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Court
  • Greenview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenview is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
  • Heisters Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Heisters Creek is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heisters Creek
  • Hunters Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hunters Run is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
  • Limekiln
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Limekiln is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln
  • Lincolnwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lincolnwood is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnwood
  • Long Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Long Pond is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
  • Mountain Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mountain Park is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
  • Neversink
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Neversink is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neversink
  • Overlook Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Overlook Woods is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Woods
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Pathfinder Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pathfinder Valley is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfinder Valley
    • Pheasant Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Ramblewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Ramblewood is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
    • Stonersville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Stonersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonersville
    • Stonetown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonetown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonetown
    • Sunrise
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunrise is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
    • Sunshine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunshine is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Wingspread
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wingspread is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingspread

How Far From Marywood to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Marywood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marywood and extending to:

  • Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies just to the West.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Marywood to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,787 miles [9,313.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,372 miles [7,036.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Marywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Marywood 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>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.
<4>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 Marywood 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 Marywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3262, Longitude: -75.8549       In this case, the coordinates for Marywood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.081 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.744 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.635 degrees.