Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Strafford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strafford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Strafford
- 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 Strafford:
- 40.051977, -75.404354
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Strafford
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Strafford is near Delaware County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Strafford ...
We found four communities that share the name Strafford.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Strafford is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strafford ...
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.
- Candlebrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candlebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlebrook
- Candlebrook is located in Montgomery County
- Cannon Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannon Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Run
- Cannon Run is located in Montgomery County
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Colonial Village is located in Montgomery County
- Continental Arms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Continental Arms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Arms
- Continental Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Crooked Lane Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Lane Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lane Crossing
- Crooked Lane Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Deepdale
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Glen Hardie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Hardie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hardie
- Glen Hardie is located in Chester County
- Gulph Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph Mills
- Gulph Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gulph Mills <4>
- Hughes Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Park
- Hughes Park is located in Montgomery County
- King - of - Prussia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King - of - Prussia
- King - of - Prussia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King - of - Prussia <4>
- Leopard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Leopard Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leopard Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Farms
- Leopard Farms is located in Chester County
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- Leopard Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leopard Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leopard Lakes
- Leopard Lakes is located in Chester County
- Prussian Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prussian Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussian Woods
- Prussian Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Rampart Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rampart Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge
- Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Trinity House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity House
- Trinity House is located in Chester County
- Leopard Lakes
How Far From Strafford 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 Strafford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Strafford and extending to:
- West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Strafford to West Chester, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 117 miles [188.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,363 miles [7,021.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Strafford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Strafford 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' (or 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- Strafford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strafford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0520, Longitude: -75.4044 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Strafford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.837 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.425 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.555 degrees. |