Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Laurel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Laurel Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Laurel Hill
- 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 West Laurel Hill:
- 40.017612, -75.230736
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on West Laurel Hill
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since West Laurel Hill is near Philadelphia County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named West Laurel Hill ...
We found one communities that share the name West Laurel Hill.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named West Laurel Hill.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Philadelphia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West Laurel Hill [Philadelphia County].
- Philadelphia County
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Laurel Hill ...
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.
- Branchtown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown
- Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County
- Bywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Carpenter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Cherry Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Fishers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Francisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Francisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
- Francisville is located in Philadelphia County
- Garden Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Court have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
- Grassland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Gravers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hollow Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
- Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Hunting Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Park
- Hunting Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County
- Nicetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Roseglen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Spring Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Spring Garden is located in Philadelphia County
- Spring Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Spruce Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Strawberry Mansion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Mansion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Mansion
- Strawberry Mansion is located in Philadelphia County
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hollow Woods
How Far From West Laurel Hill 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 West Laurel Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Laurel Hill and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Laurel Hill to Norristown, with an average speed<4> 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 89 miles [143.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,356 miles [7,010.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Laurel Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that West Laurel Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Laurel Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Laurel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0176, Longitude: -75.2307 In this case, the coordinates for West Laurel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Laurel Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.306 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.495 degrees. |