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 Norway:
39.848390, -75.610422
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.
We found 22 communities that are also named Norway.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Norway is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Gadsden 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 Norway [Gadsden County].
Illinois
La Salle County
This Norway is located in La Salle County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Norway.
Indiana
White County
This Norway is located in White County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the west of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Norway.
Iowa
Benton County
This Norway is located in Benton County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Norway.
Kansas
Doniphan 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 Kansas community of Norway [Doniphan County].
Republic County
This Norway is located in Republic County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<2> to the west of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Republic County community of Norway.
Maine
Oxford County
This Norway is located in Oxford County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Norway.
Manitoba
This Norway lies 1,420 miles [2,285.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
Michigan
Dickinson County
This Norway is located in Dickinson County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<2> to the northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Norway.
Minnesota
Goodhue 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 Minnesota community of Norway [Goodhue County].
Saint Louis County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Norway [Saint Louis County].
Mississippi
Yazoo County
This Norway is located in Yazoo County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yazoo County community of Norway.
Nebraska
Thomas County
This Norway is located in Thomas County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Norway.
New York
Herkimer County
This Norway is located in Herkimer County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<2> to the north of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Norway.
North Dakota
Dickey County
This Norway is located in Dickey County and lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickey County community of Norway.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Norway.
Oregon
Coos County
This Norway is located in Coos County and lies 2,486 miles [4,000.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Norway.
Prince Edward Island
This Norway lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
This Norway is located in Orangeburg County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Norway.
South Dakota
Yankton 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 South Dakota community of Norway [Yankton County].
West Virginia
Marion County
This Norway is located in Marion County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the west of the Norway that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Norway.
Wisconsin
Monroe 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 Wisconsin community of Norway [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Norway ...
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.
Beaver Valley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Beaver Valley is located in New Castle County (DE)
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 Norway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Norway and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Norway 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 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 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 Norway 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- Norway) 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 Norway 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 Norway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8484, Longitude: -75.6104 In this case, the coordinates for Norway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.977 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.551 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.729 degrees.