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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 Strawntown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Strawntown 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 Strawntown:
- 40.468956, -75.273324
- 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 Strawntown
- 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 Strawntown is near Lehigh County and also Northampton 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 Northampton 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 Strawntown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Strawntown ...
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.
- Blooming Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blooming Glen is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Glen
- Brick Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brick Tavern is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Tavern
- Bucksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bucksville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
- California
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- California is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Deep Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Elephant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elephant is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Gallows Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gallows Hill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
- Hilltop
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Irish Meeting House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irish Meeting House is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Meeting House
- Paletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Paletown is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paletown
- Passer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Quakertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Hill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill
- Rockhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockhill is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill
- Rockhill Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockhill Station is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Station
- Rocky Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Rocky Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Smoketown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smoketown is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoketown
- Springtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Horse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- White Horse is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Zionhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Strawntown 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 Strawntown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Strawntown and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Strawntown to Doylestown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 85 miles [136.8 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 143 miles [230.1 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 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 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 from Point A (ie- Strawntown) 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 Strawntown 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 Strawntown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4690, Longitude: -75.2733 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.721 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.36 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.322 degrees. |
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