Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Quakertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quakertown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Quakertown
- 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 Quakertown:
- 40.441710, -75.341612
- 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 Quakertown
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Quakertown is near Lehigh County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Quakertown ...
We found eight communities that share the name Quakertown.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Quakertown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lawrence 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 Pennsylvania community of Quakertown [Lawrence County].
- Lawrence County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New London County
- This Quakertown is located in New London County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Quakertown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Quakertown.
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Quakertown is located in Sussex County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the south of the Quakertown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Quakertown.
- Indiana
- Union 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 Indiana community of Quakertown [Union County].
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- This Quakertown is located in Oakland County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Quakertown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Quakertown.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Quakertown is located in Hunterdon County and lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Quakertown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Quakertown.
- Sussex 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 New Jersey community of Quakertown [Sussex County].
- Texas
- Denton County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Quakertown [Denton County].
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Quakertown ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brick Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Tavern
- Brick Tavern is located in Bucks County
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- California is located in Bucks County
- Hilltop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Paletown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Rich Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Ridge Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Valley
- Ridge Valley is located in Bucks County
- Rockhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Rockhill Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockhill Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Station
- Rockhill Station is located in Bucks County
- Rocky Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Rocky Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Rocky Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Rocky Valley is located in Bucks County
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Smoketown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - White Horse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- White Horse is located in Bucks County
- Zionhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill
- Zionhill is located in Bucks County
How Far From Quakertown 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 Quakertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Quakertown and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Quakertown 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 81 miles [130.4 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 139 miles [223.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- 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).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Quakertown: www.quakertownboro.com/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Quakertown 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quakertown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Quakertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4417, Longitude: -75.3416 |
| <3> | 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 Quakertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Quakertown 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 306.765 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.404 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.363 degrees. |