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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 West Laurel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Laurel Hill 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for West Laurel Hill
Communities Also Named West Laurel Hill ...
We found one communities that are also named West Laurel Hill.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that 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].
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)
- Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown
- Bywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bywood is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bywood
- Carpenter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cherry Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Fishers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fishers is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
- Francisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Francisville is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
- Garden Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Grassland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grassland is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Gravers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gravers is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravers
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hollow Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
- Hunting Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hunting Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Park
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nicetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nicetown is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicetown
- Roseglen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roseglen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen
- Spring Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Garden is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Spring Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Spruce Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Strawberry Mansion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Mansion is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Mansion
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wyoming is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
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<2> beginning in West Laurel Hill and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Laurel Hill 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 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<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 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<7>'
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> | 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- West Laurel Hill) 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 West Laurel Hill 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 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). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.737 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.306 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.495 degrees. |
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