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 Thorndale:
39.992885, -75.745222
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 Thorndale
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:
We found five communities that are also named Thorndale.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Thorndale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Sullivan County
This Thorndale is located in Sullivan County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Thorndale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Thorndale.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Thorndale is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thorndale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Thorndale.
Ontario
This Thorndale lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Thorndale that is located in Chester County.
Quebec
This Thorndale lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Thorndale that is located in Chester County.
Texas
Milam County
This Thorndale is located in Milam County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Thorndale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Thorndale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thorndale ...
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.
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 Thorndale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Thorndale and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Thorndale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thorndale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
<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.
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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 Thorndale 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 Thorndale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9929, Longitude: -75.7452 In this case, the coordinates for Thorndale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.044 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.65 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.726 degrees.