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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 Pocono, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pocono 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 Pocono:
- 47.246587, -116.048769
- 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 Pocono
- 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 Shoshone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shoshone County
- Since Pocono is near Benewah County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Benewah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 Pocono
Communities Also Named Pocono ...
We found two communities that are also named Pocono.
Within Idaho, the name Pocono is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Saguache 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 Colorado community of Pocono [Saguache County].
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe 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 Pocono [Monroe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pocono ...
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.
- Black Bear
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Bear is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
- Blackcloud
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blackcloud is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackcloud
- Bunn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bunn is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunn
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Carbonate is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
- Elizabeth Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth Park is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Elk Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elk Creek is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Emerald Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
- Falcon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Falcon is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Flat Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Flat Creek is located in Benewah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Gem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Horsecamp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Horsecamp is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsecamp
- Kellogg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Marble Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marble Creek is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Creek
- Smelter Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Smelter Heights is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Heights
- Stetson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stetson is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
- Woodland Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Woodland Park is located in Shoshone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Pocono 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 Pocono to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pocono and extending to:
- Wallace, which is the Seat of Shoshone County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pocono to Wallace, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 250 miles [402.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,027 miles [3,262.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,515 miles [8,875.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Pocono 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pocono) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pocono 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 Pocono. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2466, Longitude: -116.0488 In this case, the coordinates for Pocono have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.708 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.421 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.723 degrees. |
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