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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 Trewellyn Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trewellyn Estates 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 Trewellyn Estates:
- 40.198600, -75.228000
- 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 Trewellyn Estates
- 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 Trewellyn Estates is near Bucks County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Trewellyn Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Trewellyn Estates ...
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.
- Acorn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Acorn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Blue Bell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenters Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
- Clover Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Imperial Arms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
- Maple Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Glen Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Glen Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen Hollow
- Merrybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Parsons Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parsons Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Glen
- Rose Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Saw Mill Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
- Spring House
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Squires Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
- Three Tuns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Three Tuns is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Tuns
- Village Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Village Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Circle
- Winners Circle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
- Wooded Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
How Far From Trewellyn Estates to ...
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 Trewellyn Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trewellyn Estates and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Trewellyn Estates 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 131 miles [210.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 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' (or 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- Trewellyn Estates) 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 Trewellyn Estates 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 Trewellyn Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1986, Longitude: -75.2280 In this case, the coordinates for Trewellyn Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.314 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.417 degrees. |
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