Amity Gardens Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania, United States
Qibla Details for Amity Gardens
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Amity Gardens?
The Qibla direction from Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania, United States is 57.3° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Amity Gardens should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Amity Gardens from Mecca?
The distance from Amity Gardens to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,468 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Amity Gardens?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Amity Gardens, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Amity Gardens?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Amity Gardens is 57.3° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 100.8°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 57.3°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Amity Gardens
The Qibla direction from Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania, United States is 57.3° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,468 km (6,505 miles) away. Geographically, Amity Gardens sits to the northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Amity Gardens, this means facing east-northeast (57.3°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Amity Gardens
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (57.3°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 100.8° from Amity Gardens. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 57.3°.
Using a compass in Amity Gardens
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Amity Gardens. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 57.3° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.