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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 Philadelphia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia:
    • 36.169827, -82.636537
    • 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 Philadelphia
  • 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 Philadelphia ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Philadelphia.

There are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Philadelphia.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Jackson 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 Tennessee community of Philadelphia [Jackson County].
    • Loudon County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Loudon County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Philadelphia.
    • Maury County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Maury County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<2> to the west of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Philadelphia.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Calhoun County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Philadelphia.
      • Houston County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Houston County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the south southwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Philadelphia.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Columbia County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Philadelphia.
      • Craighead County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Craighead County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the west of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Philadelphia.
    • Illinois
      • Cass County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Cass County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Philadelphia.
    • Indiana
      • Hancock County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Hancock County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Philadelphia.
    • Mississippi
      • Neshoba County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Neshoba County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Philadelphia.
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Marion County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Philadelphia.
    • New Mexico
      • Cibola County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Cibola County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<2> to the west of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Philadelphia.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Jefferson County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Philadelphia.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Camden County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the east of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Philadelphia.
      • Richmond County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Richmond County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east southeast of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Philadelphia.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Philadelphia.
    • South Carolina
      • Darlington County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Philadelphia [Darlington County].
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • This Philadelphia is located in Suffolk City and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<2> to the east of the Philadelphia that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Philadelphia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Philadelphia ...

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.

  • Chestnut Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Greene County
  • Chuckey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chuckey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckey
    • Chuckey is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chuckey <5>
  • Graham Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Mill
    • Graham Mill is located in Washington County
  • Gravel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
    • Gravel Hill is located in Washington County
  • Horse Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
    • Horse Creek is located in Greene County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
  • Liberty
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Washington County
  • Limestone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Limestone is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <5>
  • Painter Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Painter Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Spring
    • Painter Spring is located in Washington County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Greene County

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

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

  • Jonesborough, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Philadelphia to Jonesborough, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,254 miles [10,064.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Philadelphia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Washington County: www.washingtoncountytn.com/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 Philadelphia 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Philadelphia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Philadelphia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1698, Longitude: -82.6365       In this case, the coordinates for Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Philadelphia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.278 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.901 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.948 degrees.




 

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