RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Montgomery County >> Parsons Glen >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Parsons Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parsons Glen and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Parsons Glen:
    • 40.202700, -75.241500
    • 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 Parsons Glen
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Parsons Glen is near Bucks County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Parsons Glen

Curious and Interesting Names Near Parsons Glen ...

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.

  • Acorn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Acorn is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
  • Blue Bell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Broad Axe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Carpenters Way
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
  • Clover Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
  • Cowpath Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
  • Dublin Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dublin Crossing is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Crossing
  • Eureka
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Eureka is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Far-A-Field
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Far-A-Field is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far-A-Field
  • Heather Knoll
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Heather Knoll is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
  • Helen Marie Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
  • Imperial Arms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Little Farm Trace Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Maple Glen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Glen Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Maple Glen Hollow is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen Hollow
    • Meadow Wick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadow Wick is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wick
    • Mermaid Estates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mermaid Estates is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Estates
    • Merrybrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
    • Mews at Blue Bell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mews at Blue Bell is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mews at Blue Bell
    • Mount Pleasant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Rose Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rose Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
    • Saw Mill Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
    • Spring House
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Squires Knoll
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
    • Sugarvalley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sugarvalley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarvalley
    • Three Tuns
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Three Tuns is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Tuns
    • Townline
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Townline is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townline
    • Village Circle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Village Circle is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Circle
    • Winners Circle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
    • Wooded Pond
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond

How Far From Parsons Glen to ...

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 Parsons Glen to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Parsons Glen and extending to:

  • Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Parsons Glen 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 131 miles [210.8 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 5,767 miles [9,281.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 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 '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- Parsons Glen) 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 Parsons Glen 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 Parsons Glen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2027, Longitude: -75.2415       In this case, the coordinates for Parsons Glen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.727 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.324 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.421 degrees.