Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Worcester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Worcester and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Worcester
- 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 Worcester:
- 40.201217, -75.346567
- 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 Worcester
- 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 Worcester is near Indiana County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Indiana 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 Worcester ...
We found eight communities that share the name Worcester.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Worcester is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- Saskatchewan
- This Worcester lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Worcester that is located in Montgomery County.
- Vermont
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Worcester ...
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.
- Acorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Cedars
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedars. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Cedars is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedars <6>
- Clover Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
- Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Creamery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creamery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
- Creamery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creamery <6>
- Eagleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagleville <6>
- Gristmill Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gristmill Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Run
- Gristmill Run is located in Montgomery County
- Harley Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley Corners
- Harley Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Harley Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harley Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley Glen
- Harley Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Harmony Towne
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Towne have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Towne
- Harmony Towne is located in Montgomery County
- Helen Marie Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helen Marie Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
- Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
- Hunter Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Villa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Villa
- Hunter Villa is located in Montgomery County
- Imperial Arms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Imperial Arms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
- Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
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- Mainland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Meadow Wick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wick
- Meadow Wick is located in Montgomery County
- Mermaid Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mermaid Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Estates
- Mermaid Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Merrybrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
- Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Mews at Blue Bell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mews at Blue Bell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mews at Blue Bell
- Mews at Blue Bell is located in Montgomery County
- Providence Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Crossing
- Providence Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Providence Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Green
- Providence Green is located in Montgomery County
- Providence Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Meadows
- Providence Meadows is located in Montgomery County
- Springtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Springtown is located in Montgomery County
- Stuarts Keep
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuarts Keep have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuarts Keep
- Stuarts Keep is located in Montgomery County
- Sugarvalley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarvalley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarvalley
- Sugarvalley is located in Montgomery County
- Sunnyside Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Farms
- Sunnyside Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Townline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Trooper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trooper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trooper
- Trooper is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trooper <6>
- Wooded Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wooded Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Glen
- Wooded Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Mainland
How Far From Worcester to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Worcester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Worcester and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Worcester to Harrisburg, with an average speed<7>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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- 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).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Worcester. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/
The official website for Commonwealth 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 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 Worcester 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 '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- Worcester) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Worcester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2012, Longitude: -75.3466 In this case, the coordinates for Worcester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Worcester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Worcester to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.789 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.394 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.467 degrees. |