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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 Moselem, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moselem 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 Moselem:
- 40.500650, -75.884093
- 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 Moselem
- 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
- Since Moselem is near Lehigh County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Moselem
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moselem ...
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.
- Five Locks
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Five Locks is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Locks
- Fleetwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirbyville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
- Maiden Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maiden Creek is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek
- Shadow Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shadow Ridge is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Ridge
- Shoemakersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Virginville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walnuttown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walnuttown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnuttown
- Willow Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Gardens is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gardens
How Far From Moselem 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 Moselem to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moselem and extending to:
- Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Moselem to Reading, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 126 miles [202.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,781 miles [9,303.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moselem) 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 Moselem 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 Moselem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5007, Longitude: -75.8841 In this case, the coordinates for Moselem have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.083 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.775 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.575 degrees. |
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