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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 Solebury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Solebury 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 Solebury:
- 40.380848, -75.008017
- 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 Solebury
- 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 Solebury is near Hunterdon County and also Mercer 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 Mercer 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 Solebury
Curious and Interesting Names Near Solebury ...
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.
- Carversville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cottageville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cottageville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Deer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hood is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Lumberville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Peters Corner is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corner
- Point Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Raven Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reeder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reeder is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
- Sandy Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
How Far From Solebury 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 Solebury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Solebury and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Solebury to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Solebury) 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 Solebury 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 Solebury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3808, Longitude: -75.0080 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.572 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.244 degrees. |
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