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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 Albert, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albert 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 Albert:
    • 41.120337, -75.931484
    • 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 Albert
  • 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
    • Since Albert is near Carbon County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Albert

Communities Also Named Albert ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Albert.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Albert is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas 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 Alabama community of Albert [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Albert is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Albert.
    • California
      • Sacramento 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 California community of Albert [Sacramento County].
    • Georgia
      • Lumpkin 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 Georgia community of Albert [Lumpkin County].
    • Kansas
      • Barton County
      • This Albert is located in Barton County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<2> to the west of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Albert.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook 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 Maine community of Albert [Aroostook County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Albert lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
    • New Mexico
      • Harding County
      • This Albert is located in Harding County and lies 1,543 miles [2,483.2 km]<2> to the west of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of Albert.
      • Mora 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 New Mexico community of Albert [Mora County].
    • North Dakota
      • Benson 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 North Dakota community of Albert [Benson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo County
      • This Albert is located in Caddo County and lies 1,281 miles [2,061.6 km]<2> to the west of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Albert.
    • Ontario
      • This Albert lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Albert lies 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
    • Texas
      • Gillespie County
      • This Albert is located in Gillespie County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Albert that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gillespie County community of Albert.
    • Virginia
      • Scott 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 Virginia community of Albert [Scott County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker 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 West Virginia community of Albert [Tucker County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Albert ...

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.

  • Gracedale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Gracedale is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracedale
  • Honey Hole
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Honey Hole is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hole
  • Mountain Top
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rippletown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rippletown is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippletown
  • Rule Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rule Corners is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Corners
  • Sand Spring
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sand Spring is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
  • Springtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Springtown is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Stairville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Stairville is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairville
  • Sugar Notch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
  • Warrior Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people

How Far From Albert to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Albert to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Albert to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 164 miles [263.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 Albert 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Albert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Albert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Albert 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 Albert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1203, Longitude: -75.9315    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.056 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.842 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.333 degrees.