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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 Saw Mill Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saw Mill Valley 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 Saw Mill Valley:
- 40.185109, -75.156285
- 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 Saw Mill Valley
- 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 Saw Mill Valley 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 Saw Mill Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saw Mill Valley ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
- Dublin Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin Chase is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Chase
- Dublin Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dublin Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin Crossing
- Fairoaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairoaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Heaton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heaton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Jamestown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Village
- Lacey Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lacey Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Park
- Maple Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Glen Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Glen Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen Hollow
- Meetinghouse Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meetinghouse Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meetinghouse Village
- Mill Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Pheasant Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pheasant Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Knoll
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Robert Bruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robert Bruce is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Bruce
- Rose Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Spring House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Squires Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
- Three Tuns
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Three Tuns is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Tuns
- Willow Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
How Far From Saw Mill Valley 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 Saw Mill Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saw Mill Valley and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saw Mill Valley to Norristown, with an average speed<3> 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 91 miles [146.5 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 133 miles [214 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saw Mill Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Saw Mill Valley 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 Saw Mill Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1851, Longitude: -75.1563 In this case, the coordinates for Saw Mill Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.678 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.265 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.392 degrees. |
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