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 West Grove:
39.821479, -75.827099
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 West Grove
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 four communities that are also named West Grove.
Within Pennsylvania, the name West Grove is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Wayne County
This West Grove is located in Wayne County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the west of the West Grove that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of West Grove.
Iowa
Davis County
This West Grove is located in Davis County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the west of the West Grove that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of West Grove.
Maryland
Harford County
This West Grove is located in Harford County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the West Grove that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of West Grove.
New Jersey
Monmouth County
This West Grove is located in Monmouth County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the West Grove that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of West Grove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Grove ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as West Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Grove and extending to:
West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Grove to West Chester, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,390 miles [7,065 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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- West Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 West Grove 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 West Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8215, Longitude: -75.8271
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.107 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.694 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.833 degrees.