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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 Ashfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ashfield 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 Ashfield:
- 40.784652, -75.713543
- 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 Ashfield
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Ashfield is near Lehigh County and also Schuylkill 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 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 Ashfield
Communities Also Named Ashfield ...
We found four communities that are also named Ashfield.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ashfield is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- This Ashfield is located in Franklin County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ashfield that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Ashfield.
- Montana
- Dawson 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 Montana community of Ashfield [Dawson County].
- Phillips County
- This Ashfield is located in Phillips County and lies 1,634 miles [2,629.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ashfield that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Ashfield.
- Nova Scotia
- This Ashfield lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ashfield that is located in Carbon County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ashfield ...
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.
- Beltzville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beltzville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzville
- Best Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Best Station is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Station
- Big Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Creek is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Dry Tavern
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dry Tavern is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Tavern
- Emerald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Germans
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Germansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hazard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jamestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jordan Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jordan Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Valley
- Lizard Creek Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Long Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Long Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Normal Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Normal Square is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Square
- Peters Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Store is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Store
- Slatedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunny Rest Lodge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Rest Lodge is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Rest Lodge
- Trout Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
- Union Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Hill is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Ashfield 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 Ashfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ashfield and extending to:
- Jim Thorpe, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ashfield to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,348 miles [6,997.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ashfield) 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 Ashfield 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 Ashfield 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 Ashfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7847, Longitude: -75.7135 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.956 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.675 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.38 degrees. |
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