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 Paoli:
40.041962, -75.484108
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 five communities that share the name Paoli.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Paoli is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Phillips County
This Paoli is located in Phillips County and lies 1,415 miles [2,277.2 km]<1> to the west of the Paoli that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Paoli.
Georgia
Madison County
This Paoli is located in Madison County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Paoli that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Paoli.
Indiana
Orange County
This Paoli is located in Orange County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the west of the Paoli that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Paoli.
Oklahoma
Garvin County
This Paoli is located in Garvin County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km]<1> to the west of the Paoli that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garvin County community of Paoli.
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Paoli is located in Dane County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Paoli that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Paoli.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paoli ...
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.
Cedar Hollow (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitehorse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paoli to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paoli and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Paoli 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 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,784 miles [9,308.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paoli) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paoli. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0420, Longitude: -75.4841
<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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Paoli to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.885 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.478 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.594 degrees.