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 Tabor:
40.038723, -75.142120
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 22 communities that are also named Tabor.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Tabor is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Tabor is located in Etowah County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Tabor.
British Columbia
This Tabor lies 2,381 miles [3,831.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
Colorado
Boulder County
This Tabor is located in Boulder County and lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km]<1> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Tabor.
Illinois
De Witt County
This Tabor is located in De Witt County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Witt County community of Tabor.
Indiana
Delaware County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tabor [Delaware County].
Iowa
Fremont County
This Tabor is located in Fremont County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<1> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Tabor.
Kansas
Clay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Tabor [Clay County].
Republic County
This Tabor is located in Republic County and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<1> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Republic County community of Tabor.
Minnesota
Polk County
This Tabor is located in Polk County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Tabor.
New Jersey
Morris County
This Tabor is located in Morris County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Tabor.
North Carolina
Robeson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tabor [Robeson County].
Ohio
Carroll County
This Tabor is located in Carroll County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Tabor.
Oklahoma
Creek County
This Tabor is located in Creek County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the west of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Tabor.
Ontario
This Tabor lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
South Carolina
Oconee County
This Tabor is located in Oconee County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Tabor.
South Dakota
Bon Homme County
This Tabor is located in Bon Homme County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bon Homme County community of Tabor.
Tennessee
Cumberland County
This Tabor is located in Cumberland County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Tabor.
Meigs County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabor [Meigs County].
Roane County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Tabor [Roane County].
Texas
Brazos County
This Tabor is located in Brazos County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Tabor.
Virginia
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tabor [Washington County].
Wisconsin
Racine County
This Tabor is located in Racine County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tabor that is located in Philadelphia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Tabor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tabor ...
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.
Branchtown ‑ Historic (Less than 2 miles to the north)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tabor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tabor and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Tabor 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 most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 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 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tabor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Tabor 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.
<3>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tabor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Tabor 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 Tabor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0387, Longitude: -75.1421 In this case, the coordinates for Tabor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.683 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.248 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.448 degrees.