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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 McMoran Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McMoran Park 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 McMoran Park:
- 40.022100, -75.239900
- 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 McMoran Park
- 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 McMoran Park is near Philadelphia County and also Allegheny 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 Allegheny 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 McMoran Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near McMoran Park ...
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.
- Allgates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Allgates is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates
- Branchtown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown
- Bywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bywood is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bywood
- Carpenter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cedarbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Cherry Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Fern Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fern Rock is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock
- Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station
- Fishers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fishers is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
- Flourtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Fox Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Fields is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fields
- Francisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Francisville is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
- Garden Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Grassland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grassland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Gravers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gravers is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravers
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hill Crest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Hollow Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
- Hunting Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hunting Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Park
- Ivy Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivy Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
- Joshua Knoll
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joshua Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Knoll
- Marble Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Marble Hall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hall
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mermaid
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mermaid is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Milestown ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Milestown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nicetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nicetown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicetown
- Plymouth Meeting
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roseglen
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roseglen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen
- Spring Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Spring Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Spruce Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Strawberry Mansion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Mansion is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Mansion
- University City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- University City is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From McMoran Park to ...
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 McMoran Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McMoran Park and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from McMoran Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 123 miles [197.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McMoran Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 McMoran Park 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 McMoran Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0221, Longitude: -75.2399 In this case, the coordinates for McMoran Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.742 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.497 degrees. |
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