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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 Yellowood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yellowood 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 Yellowood:
    • 40.128721, -74.864054
    • 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 Yellowood
  • 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 Yellowood is near Burlington County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Yellowood

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yellowood ...

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.

  • Cobalt Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cobalt Ridge is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Ridge
  • Crabtree Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Crabtree Hollow is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hollow
  • Dogwood Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dogwood Hollow is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Hollow
  • Flushing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Flushing is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flushing
  • Goldenridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Goldenridge is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenridge
  • Holly Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Hill is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Indian Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Indian Creek is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Maple Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Maple Beach is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
  • Maple Shade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Shade is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Margo Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Margo Gardens is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo Gardens
  • Oaktree Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Oaktree Hollow is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree Hollow
  • Red Cedar Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Red Cedar Hill is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cedar Hill
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Rockdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rockdale is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Violet Wood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Violet Wood is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Wood
    • Will O Wood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Will O Wood is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will O Wood
    • Winder Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Winder Village is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yellowood and extending to:

  • Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yellowood to Doylestown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 106 miles [170.6 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 143 miles [230.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,336 miles [6,978.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellowood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Yellowood 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 Yellowood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1287, Longitude: -74.8641       In this case, the coordinates for Yellowood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.51 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.066 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.291 degrees.