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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 Roslyn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roslyn 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 Roslyn:
- 40.132729, -75.138919
- 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 Roslyn
- 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 Roslyn is near Bucks County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Roslyn
Communities Also Named Roslyn ...
We found eight communities that are also named Roslyn.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Roslyn.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Chester 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 Roslyn [Chester County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cumberland County
- This Roslyn is located in Cumberland County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<2> to the west of the Roslyn that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Roslyn.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Roslyn is located in Baltimore County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Roslyn that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Roslyn.
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Roslyn is located in Nassau County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Roslyn that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Roslyn.
- Queens 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 York community of Roslyn [Queens County].
- Ohio
- Montgomery 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 Ohio community of Roslyn [Montgomery County].
- South Dakota
- Day County
- This Roslyn is located in Day County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Roslyn that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Day County community of Roslyn.
- Washington
- Kittitas County
- This Roslyn is located in Kittitas County and lies 2,307 miles [3,712.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Roslyn that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Roslyn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roslyn ...
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.
- Carpenters Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
- Cedarbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Dublin Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dublin Chase is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Chase
- Dublin Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dublin Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Crossing
- Fairoaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairoaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Heaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Hill Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillside is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Jamestown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Village
- Jenkintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kennedy House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kennedy House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy House
- Maple Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Noble
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Paper Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paper Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mills
- Pheasant Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knoll
- Robert Bruce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Robert Bruce is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Bruce
- Saw Mill Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
- Sunnybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Willow Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
How Far From Roslyn 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 Roslyn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roslyn and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Roslyn to Norristown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,348 miles [6,997.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Roslyn 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- Roslyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Roslyn 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 Roslyn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1327, Longitude: -75.1389 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.672 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.407 degrees. |
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