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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 Welch Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Welch Village 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 Welch Village:
- 40.233300, -75.252400
- 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 Welch Village
- 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 Welch Village 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 Welch Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Welch Village ...
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 southwest)
- Acorn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Bramble Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bramble Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramble Gate
- Clover Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
- Cowpath Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cowpath Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpath Village
- Cross Gate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Gate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Gate
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eureka is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Gristmill Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gristmill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Run
- Heather Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heather Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knoll
- Helen Marie Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
- Imperial Arms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
- Little Farm Trace Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merrybrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Parsons Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parsons Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Glen
- Spring House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Squires Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Squires Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Knoll
- Sugarvalley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarvalley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarvalley
- Winners Circle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winners Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winners Circle
- Wooded Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
How Far From Welch Village 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 Welch Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Welch Village and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Welch Village to Norristown, 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 85 miles [136.8 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Welch Village) 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 Welch Village 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 Welch Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2333, Longitude: -75.2524 In this case, the coordinates for Welch Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.731 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.333 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.413 degrees. |
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