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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 Montgomeryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montgomeryville 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 Montgomeryville:
    • 40.247329, -75.243785
    • 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 Montgomeryville
  • 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 Montgomeryville ...

We found two communities that share the name Montgomeryville.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Montgomeryville.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Montgomeryville in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Armstrong 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 Montgomeryville [Armstrong County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Wisconsin
      • Crawford County
      • This Montgomeryville is located in Crawford County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Montgomeryville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Montgomeryville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Montgomeryville ...

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.

  • Bramble Gate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bramble Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Gate
    • Bramble Gate is located in Montgomery County
  • Clover Crest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
    • Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
  • Cowpath Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowpath Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
    • Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
  • Cross Gate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gate
    • Cross Gate is located in Montgomery County
  • Eureka
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Montgomery County
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Bucks County
  • Gristmill Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gristmill Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Run
    • Gristmill Run is located in Montgomery County
  • Heather Knoll
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
    • Heather Knoll is located in Montgomery County
  • Helen Marie Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helen Marie Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
    • Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
  • Imperial Arms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imperial Arms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
    • Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
  • Little Farm Trace Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Farm Trace Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Farm Trace Park
    • Little Farm Trace Park is located in Bucks County
  • Merrybrook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
    • Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
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    • Parsons Glen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parsons Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Glen
      • Parsons Glen is located in Montgomery County
    • Patriot Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patriot Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriot Place
      • Patriot Place is located in Bucks County
    • Squires Knoll
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squires Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
      • Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
    • Winners Circle
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winners Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
      • Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
    • Wooded Pond
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wooded Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
      • Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
    • Yorkshire Commons
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorkshire Commons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Commons
      • Yorkshire Commons is located in Montgomery County

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

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

  • Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Montgomeryville to Norristown, with an average speed<4> 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 86 miles [138.4 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 133 miles [214 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,348 miles [6,997.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

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

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

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 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 Montgomeryville 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Montgomeryville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montgomeryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2473, Longitude: -75.2438       In this case, the coordinates for Montgomeryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<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 Montgomeryville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.724 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.328 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.403 degrees.




 

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