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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 Notre Dame Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Notre Dame Hills 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 Notre Dame Hills:
- 40.639542, -75.422404
- 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 Notre Dame Hills
- 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 Lehigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Since Notre Dame Hills is near Northampton County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Notre Dame Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Notre Dame Hills ...
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.
- Chickentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chickentown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickentown
- Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Evergreen Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Park is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Fountain Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Hill is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Franks Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Franks Corner is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner
- Freemansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hawktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hawktown is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawktown
- Iron Hill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Hill is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
- Juniper Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Juniper Circle is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Circle
- Lincoln Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Mountainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mountainville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Star Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Star Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village
- University Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- University Heights is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- Weaversville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weaversville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville
How Far From Notre Dame Hills 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 Notre Dame Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Notre Dame Hills and extending to:
- Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Notre Dame Hills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Notre Dame Hills) 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 Notre Dame Hills 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 Notre Dame Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6395, Longitude: -75.4224 In this case, the coordinates for Notre Dame Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.794 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.314 degrees. |
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