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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 Willow Manor Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willow Manor Farms 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 Willow Manor Farms:
- 40.217700, -75.125400
- 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 Willow Manor Farms
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Willow Manor Farms is near Montgomery County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Willow Manor Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willow Manor Farms ...
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.
- Breadysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Breadysville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breadysville
- Carpenters Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenters Way is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Way
- Eureka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Fairoaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fairoaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Hartsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hartsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Ivybrook Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ivybrook Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivybrook Ridge
- Ivygreene Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ivygreene Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivygreene Run
- Ivyland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Johnsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Lacey Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lacey Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Park
- Maple Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Glen Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Glen Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Glen Hollow
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Meetinghouse Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meetinghouse Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meetinghouse Village
- Mill Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Robert Bruce
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Robert Bruce is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert Bruce
- Saw Mill Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saw Mill Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Mill Valley
How Far From Willow Manor Farms 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 Willow Manor Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Willow Manor Farms and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Willow Manor Farms to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 6 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 136 miles [218.9 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 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Willow Manor Farms) 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 Willow Manor Farms 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 Willow Manor Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2177, Longitude: -75.1254 In this case, the coordinates for Willow Manor Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.657 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.246 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.365 degrees. |
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