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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 Sally Ann, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sally Ann 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 Sally Ann:
- 40.472121, -75.726447
- 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 Sally Ann
- 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
- Since Sally Ann is near Lehigh County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Sally Ann
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sally Ann ...
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.
- Bowers
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fleetwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Longsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Longsdale is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longsdale
- Longswamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Longswamp is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longswamp
- Lower Longswamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lower Longswamp is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Longswamp
- Lyon Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lyon Station is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Station
- New Jerusalem
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Jerusalem is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jerusalem
- Pine Waters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Waters is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Waters
- Ringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ringtown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringtown
- Shamrock Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock Station is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Station
- Stony Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From Sally Ann 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 Sally Ann to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Sally Ann once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sally Ann and extending to:
- Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sally Ann to Reading, with an average speed<4> 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,361 miles [7,018.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Sally Ann, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sally Ann) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sally Ann 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 Sally Ann. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4721, Longitude: -75.7264 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.992 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.666 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.518 degrees. |
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