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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 Mechanicsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville:
    • 40.060666, -75.311851
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mechanicsville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Mechanicsville ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Mechanicsville.

There are nine communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Mechanicsville.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 41 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Bucks County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Bucks County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Clarion County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Clarion County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Lancaster County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Lancaster County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Lehigh County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Lehigh County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Mifflin County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Mifflin County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Monroe County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the north of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Montour County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Montour County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montour County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Philadelphia County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Philadelphia County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Schuylkill County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Schuylkill County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Mechanicsville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Calhoun County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Lee County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Lee County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km] to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Hartford County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Windham County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Windham County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in New Castle County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Fulton County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Gwinnett County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km] to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Jasper 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 Georgia community of Mechanicsville [Jasper County].
    • Indiana
      • Vanderburgh County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the west of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Iowa
      • Cedar County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Cedar County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Louisiana
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mechanicsville [Terrebonne Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Harford 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 Maryland community of Mechanicsville [Harford County].
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Bristol County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Charles County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Saint Charles County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the west of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Charles County community of Mechanicsville.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Camden County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Middlesex County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Middlesex County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Monmouth County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Monmouth County and lies 64 miles [103 km] to the east northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Ashtabula County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Greene 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 Ohio community of Mechanicsville [Greene County].
      • Harrison County
      • This community is historic and although located in Harrison County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Mechanicsville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Mechanicsville.
    • South Carolina
      • Darlington County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Darlington County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Lee County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Lee County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km] to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Sumter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mechanicsville [Sumter County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mechanicsville [Cannon County].
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Chittenden County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chittenden County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Rutland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Mechanicsville [Rutland County].
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Hanover County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Loudoun County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Loudoun County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the west southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Louisa 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 Virginia community of Mechanicsville [Louisa County].
      • Rockbridge County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Rockbridge County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of Mechanicsville.
      • Rockingham County
      • This Mechanicsville is located in Rockingham County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the west southwest of the Mechanicsville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Mechanicsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mechanicsville ...

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 north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
    • Black Horse is located in Montgomery County
  • Cherry Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
    • Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
  • Crooked Lane Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Lane Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lane Crossing
    • Crooked Lane Crossing is located in Montgomery County
  • Gulph Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hickorytown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickorytown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorytown
    • Hickorytown is located in Montgomery County
  • Hollow Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
    • Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
  • Hughes Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Park
    • Hughes Park is located in Montgomery County
  • Ivy Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivy Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Rock
    • Ivy Rock is located in Montgomery County
  • Joshua Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joshua Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Knoll
    • Joshua Knoll is located in Montgomery County
  • Marble Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hall
    • Marble Hall is located in Montgomery County
  • Plymouth Meeting
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth Meeting have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Meeting
    • Plymouth Meeting is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth Meeting <5>
  • Prussian Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prussian Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussian Woods
    • Prussian Woods is located in Montgomery County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rampart Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rampart Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge
      • Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Roseglen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseglen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen
      • Roseglen is located in Montgomery County
    • Seven Stars
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Stars have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
      • Seven Stars is located in Montgomery County
    • Spring Mill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
      • Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
    • Swedeland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedeland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeland
      • Swedeland is located in Montgomery County
    • Swedesburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
      • Swedesburg is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Mechanicsville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>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 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mechanicsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mechanicsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mechanicsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0607, Longitude: -75.3119       In this case, the coordinates for Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mechanicsville 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Mechanicsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.781 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.363 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.512 degrees.




 

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