RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Berks County >> Pricetown >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Pricetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pricetown 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 Pricetown:
    • 40.426760, -75.821866
    • 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 Pricetown
  • 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
    • Since Pricetown is near Lehigh County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Pricetown

Communities Also Named Pricetown ...

We found eight communities that are also named Pricetown.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Pricetown is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Casey County
      • This Pricetown is located in Casey County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Casey County community of Pricetown.
      • Fayette County
      • This Pricetown is located in Fayette County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km] to the west southwest of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Pricetown.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pricetown [Jefferson Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne County
      • This Pricetown is located in Wayne County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Pricetown.
    • Ohio
      • Highland County
      • This Pricetown is located in Highland County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the west of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Pricetown.
      • Mahoning County
      • This Pricetown is located in Mahoning County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the west northwest of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Pricetown.
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis County
      • This Pricetown is located in Lewis County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Pricetown.
      • Wetzel County
      • This Pricetown is located in Wetzel County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the west southwest of the Pricetown that is located in Berks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Pricetown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pricetown ...

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.

  • Basket
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Basket is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
  • Beavers Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Beavers Mill is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavers Mill
  • Bowers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Breezy Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Breezy Corner is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Corner
  • Cherokee Ranch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cherokee Ranch is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ranch
  • Fleetwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Forest Court
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Court is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Court
  • Kirbyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirbyville is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
  • Limekiln
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Limekiln is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln
  • Lyon Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyon Station is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Station
  • Maiden Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Maiden Creek is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek
  • New Jerusalem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • New Jerusalem is located in Berks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Overlook Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Overlook Woods is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Woods
    • Pikeville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Pikeville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
    • Sally Ann ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sally Ann is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sally Ann
    • Shadow Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shadow Ridge is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Ridge
    • Stony Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Point is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Temple
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Walnuttown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Walnuttown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnuttown
    • Willow Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Willow Gardens is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gardens

How Far From Pricetown 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 Pricetown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pricetown and extending to:

  • Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Pricetown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,782 miles [9,305.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 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 '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- Pricetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pricetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pricetown 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 Pricetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4268, Longitude: -75.8219       In this case, the coordinates for Pricetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.053 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.728 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.578 degrees.