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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 Swedeland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swedeland 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 Swedeland:
- 40.087887, -75.331017
- 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 Swedeland
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Swedeland is near Indiana County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Swedeland
Communities Also Named Swedeland ...
We found one communities that are also named Swedeland.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Swedeland is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Swedeland in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Morris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Swedeland [Morris County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swedeland ...
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.
- Black Horse
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Black Horse is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Candlebrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Candlebrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlebrook
- Cannon Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cannon Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Run
- Cinnamon Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cinnamon Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Hill
- Crooked Lane Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crooked Lane Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lane Crossing
- Gulph Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hughes Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hughes Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Park
- Ivy Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ivy Rock is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Rock
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Prussian Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Prussian Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussian Woods
- Rampart Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge
- Seven Stars
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Seven Stars is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Swedesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Swedesburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Sweet Briar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Briar is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
- Town Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Town Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Court
How Far From Swedeland 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 Swedeland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Swedeland and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 82 miles [132 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Swedeland 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 5 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 122 miles [196.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Swedeland 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Swedeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |
| <5> | 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 Swedeland 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 Swedeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0879, Longitude: -75.3310 In this case, the coordinates for Swedeland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.377 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.509 degrees. |
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