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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 Luzerne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luzerne and the surrounding area.
- 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 Luzerne:
- 41.906028, -92.180872
- 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 Luzerne
- 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 Benton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benton County
- Since Luzerne is near Iowa County and also Tama County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tama 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 Luzerne
Communities Also Named Luzerne ...
We found six communities that are also named Luzerne.
Within Iowa, the name Luzerne is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg County
- This Luzerne is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Luzerne that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Luzerne.
- Michigan
- Oscoda County
- This Luzerne is located in Oscoda County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Luzerne that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oscoda County community of Luzerne.
- New York
- Delaware County
- This Luzerne is located in Delaware County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the east of the Luzerne that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Luzerne.
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Luzerne [Warren County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Luzerne is located in Fayette County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the east of the Luzerne that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Luzerne.
- Luzerne County
- This Luzerne is located in Luzerne County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the east of the Luzerne that is located in Benton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Luzerne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Luzerne ...
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.
- Dover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Geneva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Haven is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Keystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Long Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Long Point is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Redman ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redman is located in Tama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman
- Rogersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rogersville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
How Far From Luzerne 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 city such as Luzerne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Luzerne and extending to:
- Vinton, which is the Seat of Benton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Luzerne to Vinton, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,343 miles [10,208.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,983 miles [8,019.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Luzerne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Luzerne 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. |
| <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 Luzerne 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 Luzerne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9060, Longitude: -92.1809 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.842 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.847 degrees. |
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