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 Willowdale:
39.874276, -75.717716
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 Willowdale
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 thirteen communities that are also named Willowdale.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Willowdale is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Pulaski County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Willowdale [Pulaski County].
Kansas
Dickinson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Willowdale [Dickinson County].
Kingman County
This Willowdale is located in Kingman County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<3> to the west of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingman County community of Willowdale.
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
This Willowdale is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Willowdale.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Willowdale is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<3> to the southwest of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Willowdale.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Willowdale is located in Middlesex County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Willowdale.
Nebraska
Antelope County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Willowdale [Antelope County].
New Hampshire
Grafton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Willowdale [Grafton County].
New Jersey
Camden County
This Willowdale is located in Camden County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the east of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Willowdale.
Nova Scotia
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Willowdale.
Ontario
This Willowdale lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
Oregon
Jefferson County
This Willowdale is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,303 miles [3,706.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Willowdale.
West Virginia
Jackson County
This Willowdale is located in Jackson County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<3> to the west of the Willowdale that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Willowdale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Willowdale ...
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 & 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 Willowdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Willowdale and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Willowdale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,383 miles [7,053.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Willowdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Willowdale 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Willowdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Willowdale 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 Willowdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8743, Longitude: -75.7177 In this case, the coordinates for Willowdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.038 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.624 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.764 degrees.