Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Newtown Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newtown Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Newtown Heights
- 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 Newtown Heights:
- 39.982888, -75.412418
- 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 Newtown Heights
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Newtown Heights is near Chester County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Newtown Heights ...
We found one communities that share the name Newtown Heights.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Newtown Heights is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Newtown Heights in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Sarasota 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 Florida community of Newtown Heights [Sarasota County].
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newtown Heights ...
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.
- Allgates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates
- Allgates is located in Delaware County
- Black Horse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Black Horse is located in Delaware County
- Bowling Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowling Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Bowling Green is located in Delaware County
- Castle Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Delaware County
- Deepdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Eagleview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Echo Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Echo Valley is located in Delaware County
- Erin Rose
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Florida Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florida Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Park
- Florida Park is located in Delaware County
- Fox Fields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fields
- Fox Fields is located in Delaware County
- Gradyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gradyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradyville
- Gradyville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gradyville <3>
- Leopard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (10 more) ...
- Leopard Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leopard Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Farms
- Leopard Farms is located in Chester County
- Leopard Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leopard Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Lakes
- Leopard Lakes is located in Chester County
- Media
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Media
- Media is located in Delaware County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,787 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Media <3>
- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Delaware County
- Plumsock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Riddle Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddle Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Glen
- Riddle Glen is located in Delaware County
- Rose Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Sycamore Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Mills
- Sycamore Mills is located in Delaware County
- Trinity House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity House have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity House
- Trinity House is located in Chester County
- Whitehorse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehorse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse
- Whitehorse is located in Chester County
- Leopard Farms
How Far From Newtown Heights 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 Newtown Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Newtown Heights and extending to:
- Media, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Newtown Heights to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 114 miles [183.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,783 miles [9,306.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,366 miles [7,026.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Newtown Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.pa.us/
The official website for State 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Newtown Heights 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Newtown Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newtown Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9829, Longitude: -75.4124 In this case, the coordinates for Newtown Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Newtown Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.848 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.426 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.588 degrees. |