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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 Tinicum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tinicum 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 Tinicum:
- 40.448437, -75.107672
- 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 Tinicum
- 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 Tinicum is near Hunterdon County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Tinicum
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tinicum ...
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.
- Barbertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barbertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown
- Bucksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bucksville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
- Carversville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clay Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Ridge
- Cottageville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cottageville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Deep Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deep Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Erwinna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Everbreeze Plateau
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Everbreeze Plateau is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze Plateau
- Gardenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kingwood is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Lumberville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pipersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Point Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raven Rock is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
- Tumble Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tumble Falls is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumble Falls
How Far From Tinicum 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 Tinicum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tinicum and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Tinicum to Doylestown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 148 miles [238.2 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 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,335 miles [6,976.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tinicum) 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 Tinicum 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 Tinicum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4484, Longitude: -75.1077 In this case, the coordinates for Tinicum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.625 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.247 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.258 degrees. |
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