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 Summerdale:
40.032612, -75.089063
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.
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 four communities that share the name Summerdale.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Summerdale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Cumberland County
This Summerdale is located in Cumberland County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Summerdale that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Summerdale.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Baldwin County
This Summerdale is located in Baldwin County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Summerdale that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Summerdale.
Illinois
Cook County
This Summerdale is located in Cook County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Summerdale that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Summerdale.
New York
Chautauqua County
This Summerdale is located in Chautauqua County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Summerdale that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Summerdale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Summerdale ...
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.
Blue Grass (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Summerdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Summerdale and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Summerdale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,767 miles [9,281.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summerdale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Summerdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0326, Longitude: -75.0891 In this case, the coordinates for Summerdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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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.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
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.
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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 Summerdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.652 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.212 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.428 degrees.