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 Society Hill:
39.940946, -75.147399
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 Society Hill
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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Society Hill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Society Hill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Macon County
This Society Hill is located in Macon County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Society Hill that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Society Hill.
Maryland
Saint Mary's County
This Society Hill is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Society Hill that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Society Hill.
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis County
This Society Hill is located in Jefferson Davis County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Society Hill that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis County community of Society Hill.
New Jersey
Middlesex County
This Society Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Society Hill that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Society Hill.
South Carolina
Darlington County
This Society Hill is located in Darlington County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Society Hill that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Society Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Society Hill ...
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.
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 Society Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Society Hill and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Society Hill to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,356 miles [7,010.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Society Hill) 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 Society Hill 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 Society Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9409, Longitude: -75.1474 In this case, the coordinates for Society Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.695 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.246 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.492 degrees.