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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 Pullen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pullen 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 Pullen:
    • 40.490968, -75.300021
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pullen
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Pullen ...

We found three communities that share the name Pullen.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Pullen is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pullen [Larimer County].
    • Mississippi
      • Coahoma County
      • This Pullen is located in Coahoma County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pullen that is located in Bucks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Pullen.
    • Ontario
      • This Pullen lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pullen that is located in Bucks County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pullen ...

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.

  • Brick Tavern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brick Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Tavern
    • Brick Tavern is located in Bucks County
  • Bucksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
    • Bucksville is located in Bucks County
  • California
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
    • California is located in Bucks County
  • Elephant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant
    • Elephant is located in Bucks County
  • Gallows Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallows Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
    • Gallows Hill is located in Bucks County
  • Hilltop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Bucks County
  • Locust Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
    • Locust Valley is located in Lehigh County
  • Paletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paletown
    • Paletown is located in Bucks County
  • Passer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Passer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer
    • Passer is located in Bucks County
  • Quakertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
    • Rockhill is located in Bucks County
  • Rockhill Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockhill Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Station
    • Rockhill Station is located in Bucks County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rocky Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
      • Rocky Valley is located in Bucks County
    • Rosedale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
      • Rosedale is located in Bucks County
    • Specktown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Specktown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Specktown
      • Specktown is located in Northampton County
    • Spring Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Northampton County
    • Springtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Zionhill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill
      • Zionhill is located in Bucks County

How Far From Pullen to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pullen to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pullen to Doylestown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pullen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Bucks County: www.buckscounty.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Pullen could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>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- Pullen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pullen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4910, Longitude: -75.3000    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Pullen to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.735 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.379 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.324 degrees.









 

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