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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 Apps, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Apps 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 Apps:
- 40.766206, -75.581575
- 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 Apps
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Apps is near Lehigh County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Apps
Curious and Interesting Names Near Apps ...
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.
- Best Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Best Station is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Station
- Cherryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Christian Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christian Corner is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corner
- Danielsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Harpers
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harpers is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers
- Hazard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazard is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
- Indianland
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Indianland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianland
- Lizard Creek Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lockport is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Peters Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peters Store is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Store
- Rising Sun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- River View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- River View is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Slate Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Slate Valley is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Slatedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Slatefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slatefield is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatefield
- Trout Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
How Far From Apps 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 Apps to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Apps and extending to:
- Easton, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Apps to Easton, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 75 miles [120.7 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 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,343 miles [6,989.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Apps) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Apps 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 Apps. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7662, Longitude: -75.5816 In this case, the coordinates for Apps have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.878 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.584 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.329 degrees. |
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