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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 Penns Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penns Park 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 Penns Park:
- 40.265941, -74.997946
- 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 Penns Park
- 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 Penns Park is near Mercer County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Penns Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penns Park ...
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.
- Breadysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Breadysville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breadysville
- Casey Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Casey Village is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Churchville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Deer Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Forest Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Furlong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Ivybrook Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivybrook Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivybrook Ridge
- Ivygreene Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ivygreene Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivygreene Run
- Ivyland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Little Italy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Little Italy is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Mechanics Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanics Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanics Valley
- Mozart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mozart is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Rushland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ryans Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ryans Corner is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stoopville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stoopville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoopville
How Far From Penns Park 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 Penns Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Penns Park and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Penns Park 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 143 miles [230.1 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 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,337 miles [6,979.7 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' (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- Penns Park) 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 Penns Park 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 Penns Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2659, Longitude: -74.9979 In this case, the coordinates for Penns Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.576 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.163 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.289 degrees. |
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