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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 Riegelsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riegelsville 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 Riegelsville:
    • 40.594158, -75.194776
    • 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 Riegelsville
  • 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 Riegelsville is near Hunterdon County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Riegelsville

Communities Also Named Riegelsville ...

We found one communities that are also named Riegelsville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Riegelsville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Riegelsville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Riegelsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riegelsville ...

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.

  • Amsterdam
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Amsterdam is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
  • Carpentersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Carpentersville is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Chain Bridge ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Coffeetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Coffeetown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Ferndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ferndale is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Finesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Finesville is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finesville
  • Gallows Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gallows Hill is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
  • Holland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holland is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Hughesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Joy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Mount Joy is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Narrowsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Narrowsville is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrowsville
  • Spring Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Spring Mills is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
  • Springtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Springtown is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Riegelsville and extending to:

  • Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Riegelsville to Doylestown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 152 miles [244.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Riegelsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Riegelsville 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 Riegelsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5942, Longitude: -75.1948       In this case, the coordinates for Riegelsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.663 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.313 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.234 degrees.