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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 The Reserve, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Reserve 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 The Reserve:
- 40.198500, -75.445200
- 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 The Reserve
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since The Reserve is near Chester County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 The Reserve
Communities Also Named The Reserve ...
We found ten communities that are also named The Reserve.
Within Pennsylvania, the name The Reserve is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale 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 Alabama community of The Reserve [Lauderdale County].
- Indiana
- Miami 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 The Reserve [Miami County].
- Kansas
- Brown County
- This The Reserve is located in Brown County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<2> to the west of the The Reserve that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of The Reserve.
- Louisiana
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- This The Reserve is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the The Reserve that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint John the Baptist Parish community of The Reserve.
- Montana
- Custer 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 Montana community of The Reserve [Custer County].
- Sheridan County
- This The Reserve is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Reserve that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of The Reserve.
- Nebraska
- Gage County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Gage County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gage County community of The Reserve.
- New Mexico
- Catron County
- This The Reserve is located in Catron County and lies 1,880 miles [3,025.6 km]<2> to the west of the The Reserve that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of The Reserve.
- Saskatchewan
- This The Reserve lies 1,534 miles [2,468.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the The Reserve that is located in Montgomery County.
- Wisconsin
- Sawyer County
- This The Reserve is located in Sawyer County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Reserve that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sawyer County community of The Reserve.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Reserve ...
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.
- Chestnut Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Pointe
- Collegeville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Creamery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Heath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Heath is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Heath
- Harmony Towne
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harmony Towne is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Towne
- Heather View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heather View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather View
- Pennypacker Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pennypacker Road is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Road
- Providence Green
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Providence Green is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Green
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Providence Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Knoll
- Providence Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Meadows
- Providence Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Ridge
- Providence View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Providence View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence View
- Sugar Hill Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sugar Hill Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill Farms
- Wooded Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Glen
How Far From The Reserve 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 The Reserve to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Reserve and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from The Reserve to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 123 miles [197.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 The Reserve 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Reserve) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 The Reserve, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 The Reserve 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 The Reserve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1985, Longitude: -75.4452 In this case, the coordinates for The Reserve have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.848 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.46 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.511 degrees. |
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