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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 Mont Clare, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mont Clare 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 Mont Clare:
- 40.138993, -75.502411
- 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 Mont Clare
- 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 Mont Clare is near Chester County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Mont Clare
Communities Also Named Mont Clare ...
We found three communities that are also named Mont Clare.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Mont Clare.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mont Clare [Chester County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Mont Clare is located in Cook County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mont Clare that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Mont Clare.
- South Carolina
- Darlington County
- This Mont Clare is located in Darlington County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Mont Clare that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Mont Clare.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mont Clare ...
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.
- Audubon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bull Tavern
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bull Tavern is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Tavern
- Colony Arms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Colony Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Arms
- Corner Store
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Corner Store is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Store
- Fords Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fords Edge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Edge
- Freedom View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Freedom View is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom View
- Green Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Ironsides
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ironsides is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides
- Mingo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mingo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo
- Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Orchard Courts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Orchard Courts is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Courts
- Powderhorn Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Powderhorn Knoll is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderhorn Knoll
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Providence Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Providence Forge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Forge
- Providence Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Providence Oaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Oaks
- Providence Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Ridge
- Providence View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Providence View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence View
- Rivers Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rivers Bend is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Bend
- Riverwalk
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Riverwalk is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwalk
- Spring City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Hill Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Farms
- Sunwood Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunwood Farm is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunwood Farm
- Williams Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williams Corner is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
- Winding River
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Winding River is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding River
How Far From Mont Clare to ...
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 Mont Clare to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mont Clare and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mont Clare to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 118 miles [189.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,487 miles [10,439.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,364 miles [7,023.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mont Clare 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mont Clare) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mont Clare 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 Mont Clare. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1390, Longitude: -75.5024 In this case, the coordinates for Mont Clare have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.888 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.496 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.561 degrees. |
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