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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 Mews at Wickford Commons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mews at Wickford Commons and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mews at Wickford Commons
- 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 Mews at Wickford Commons:
- 40.356900, -75.301400
- 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 Mews at Wickford Commons
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Mews at Wickford Commons is near Montgomery County and also Lehigh 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 Lehigh 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 Mews at Wickford Commons
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mews at Wickford Commons ...
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.
- Blooming Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blooming Glen is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Glen
- Bridle Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bridle Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridle Run
- Hunters Greene
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunters Greene is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Greene
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Orchard Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orchard Glen is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Glen
- Pear Tree Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pear Tree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Village
- Reliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Rich Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Hill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Rockhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockhill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Rockhill Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockhill Station is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Station
- Rocky Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Sellersville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Silverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smoketown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smoketown is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
- Society Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Society Meadows is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Meadows
- Stonycrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stonycrest is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycrest
- White Horse
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- White Horse is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
How Far From Mews at Wickford Commons 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 Mews at Wickford Commons to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mews at Wickford Commons and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mews at Wickford Commons to Doylestown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mews at Wickford Commons) 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 Mews at Wickford Commons 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 Mews at Wickford Commons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3569, Longitude: -75.3014 In this case, the coordinates for Mews at Wickford Commons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.748 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.372 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.382 degrees. |
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