Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Winchester Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winchester Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Winchester Park
- 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 Winchester Park:
- 40.055111, -75.029616
- 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 Winchester Park
- 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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Since Winchester Park is near Burlington County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Burlington County
- eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Winchester Park ...
We found one communities that share the name Winchester Park.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Winchester Park is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Winchester Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Carroll 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 Maryland community of Winchester Park [Carroll County].
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winchester Park ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Philadelphia County
- Bridesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridesburg
- Bridesburg is located in Philadelphia County
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Philadelphia County
- Cinnaminson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson
- Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County (NJ)
- Crescentville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville
- Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County
- Echo Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
- Echo Beach is located in Bucks County
- Echo Reach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Reach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Reach
- Echo Reach is located in Bucks County
- Fox Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Philadelphia County
- Lawn Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawn Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Crest
- Lawn Crest is located in Philadelphia County
- Lawncrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Lawndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Normandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Oak Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Oaklane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Pauls Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Pennypack
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Pennypack Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack Woods
- Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County
- Riverside Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Riverside Park is located in Burlington County (NJ)
- Rockledge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
- Rockledge is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,526 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockledge <3>
- Summerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Summerdale is located in Philadelphia County
- Union Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Landing
- Union Landing is located in Burlington County (NJ)
- Volunteertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volunteertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteertown
- Volunteertown is located in Philadelphia County
- Walnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Meadowbrook
How Far From Winchester Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Winchester Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Winchester Park and extending to:
- Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Philadelphia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Winchester Park to Philadelphia, with an average speed<5> 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 98 miles [157.7 km] to the west (W). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 133 miles [214 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winchester Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 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 Winchester Park 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winchester Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winchester Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0551, Longitude: -75.0296 In this case, the coordinates for Winchester Park 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 Winchester Park 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 306.615 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.173 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.393 degrees. |