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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 Treemont Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Treemont Terrace 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 Treemont Terrace:
- 40.109000, -75.328300
- 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 Treemont Terrace
- 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 Treemont Terrace is near Indiana County and also Chester 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 Chester 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 Treemont Terrace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Treemont Terrace ...
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 east)
- 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
- Cinnamon Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cinnamon Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Hill
- Crooked Lane Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crooked Lane Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lane Crossing
- Gulph Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickorytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickorytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorytown
- Hughes Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hughes Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Park
- Ivy Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ivy Rock is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Rock
- Mermaid Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mermaid Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Estates
- Plymouth Meeting
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Prussian Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prussian Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussian Woods
- Seven Stars
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Seven Stars is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Springtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Springtown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Stuarts Keep
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stuarts Keep is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuarts Keep
- Swedeland
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Swedeland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedeland
- Swedesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Swedesburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedesburg
- Sweet Briar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sweet Briar is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar
- Town Court
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Town Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Court
- Townline
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Townline is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townline
How Far From Treemont Terrace 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 Treemont Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Treemont Terrace and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Treemont Terrace to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 123 miles [197.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 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 '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- Treemont Terrace) 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 Treemont Terrace 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 Treemont Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1090, Longitude: -75.3283 In this case, the coordinates for Treemont Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.787 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.377 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.498 degrees. |
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