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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 Paletown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paletown 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 Paletown:
- 40.426491, -75.315733
- 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 Paletown
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Paletown is near Montgomery County and also Lehigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh 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 Paletown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paletown ...
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.
- Brick Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brick Tavern is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Tavern
- California
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- California is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Elephant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elephant is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant
- Mews at Wickford Commons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quakertown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rich Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rich Hill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Ridge Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Valley
- Rockhill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockhill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Rockhill Station
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockhill Station is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Station
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocky Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Sellersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smoketown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smoketown is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
- Stonycrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stonycrest is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonycrest
- White Horse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Horse is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
How Far From Paletown 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 Paletown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Paletown and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Paletown to Doylestown, 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 82 miles [132 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 139 miles [223.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Paletown) 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 Paletown 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 Paletown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4265, Longitude: -75.3157 In this case, the coordinates for Paletown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.751 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.386 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.358 degrees. |
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