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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 Wynnewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wynnewood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wynnewood:
    • 40.002890, -75.270739
    • 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 Wynnewood
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Wynnewood is near Philadelphia County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Wynnewood

Communities Also Named Wynnewood ...

We found eight communities that are also named Wynnewood.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Wynnewood.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Wynnewood [Bucks County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Wynnewood is located in New Castle County and lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wynnewood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wynnewood.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Wynnewood is located in Baltimore County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wynnewood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Wynnewood.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Wynnewood [Middlesex County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Wynnewood is located in Wake County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wynnewood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wynnewood.
    • Oklahoma
      • Garvin County
      • This Wynnewood is located in Garvin County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<2> to the west of the Wynnewood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garvin County community of Wynnewood.
    • Texas
      • Harris 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 Texas community of Wynnewood [Harris County].
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • This Wynnewood is located in Suffolk City and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wynnewood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Wynnewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wynnewood ...

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.

  • Allgates
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Allgates is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates
  • Bywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bywood is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bywood
  • Carpenter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carpenter is located in Philadelphia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Cedar Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
  • Cherry Dale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
  • Chestnut Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Fox Fields
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fox Fields is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Fields
  • Francisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Francisville is located in Philadelphia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisville
  • Garden Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
  • Grassland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grassland is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Gulph Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Highland is located in Philadelphia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Hollow Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
    • Kellyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Kellyville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
    • Mechanicsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Pilgrim Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pilgrim Gardens is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Gardens
    • Rampart Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rampart Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampart Ridge
    • Roseglen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Roseglen is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseglen
    • Spring Garden
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Garden is located in Philadelphia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
    • Spring Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
    • Spruce Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
    • Strawberry Mansion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Strawberry Mansion is located in Philadelphia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Mansion
    • University City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • University City is located in Philadelphia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City

How Far From Wynnewood 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 Wynnewood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wynnewood and extending to:

  • Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wynnewood to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 121 miles [194.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Wynnewood 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wynnewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wynnewood 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 Wynnewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0029, Longitude: -75.2707       In this case, the coordinates for Wynnewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.762 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.332 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.519 degrees.