Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Westaway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Westaway and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Westaway
- 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 Westaway:
- 40.089500, -75.252100
- 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 Westaway
- 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 Westaway is near Philadelphia County and also Indiana County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Westaway ...
We found one communities that share the name Westaway.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Westaway is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Westaway in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Westaway ...
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.
- Black Horse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Black Horse is located in Montgomery County
- Broad Axe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broad Axe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Axe
- Broad Axe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broad Axe <3>
- Carpenter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Cherry Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Cold Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Cold Point is located in Montgomery County
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Montgomery County
- Flourtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourtown
- Flourtown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flourtown <3>
- Gravers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Hickorytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickorytown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorytown
- Hickorytown is located in Montgomery County
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Hill Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Hill Crest is located in Montgomery County
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- Hollow Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- 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
- Ivy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Ivy Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Joshua Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joshua Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Knoll
- Joshua Knoll is located in Montgomery County
- Marble Hall
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hall
- Marble Hall is located in Montgomery County
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
- Mermaid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Plymouth Meeting
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth Meeting have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Meeting
- Plymouth Meeting is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth Meeting <3>
- Roseglen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Seven Stars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Stars have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Seven Stars is located in Montgomery County
- Spring Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- 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
- Sunnybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Sunnybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Valley Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Valley Green is located in Montgomery County
- Hollow Woods
How Far From Westaway 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 Westaway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Westaway and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Westaway to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,355 miles [7,008.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Westaway. 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Westaway 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Westaway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westaway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0895, Longitude: -75.2521 In this case, the coordinates for Westaway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Westaway to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.743 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.324 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.474 degrees. |