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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 Patriot Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Patriot Place 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 Patriot Place:
- 40.289700, -75.211200
- 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 Patriot Place
- 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 Patriot Place is near Montgomery County and also Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon 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 Patriot Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Patriot Place ...
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.
- Bramble Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bramble Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Gate
- Castle Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Castle Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
- Cowpath Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
- Edison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Farm School
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farm School is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm School
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fountainville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fountainville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainville
- Heather Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heather Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
- Little Farm Trace Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pine Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Run
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Tradesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tradesville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Winners Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
- Yorkshire Commons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire Commons is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Commons
How Far From Patriot Place to ...
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 Patriot Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Patriot Place and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Patriot Place to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 136 miles [218.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- 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).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Patriot Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Patriot Place 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 Patriot Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2897, Longitude: -75.2112 In this case, the coordinates for Patriot Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.701 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.308 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.371 degrees. |
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