Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bendertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bendertown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bendertown

• 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 Bendertown:
  • 41.148695, -76.316883
  • 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 Bendertown

• 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Since Bendertown is near Luzerne County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Bendertown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bendertown ...

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.

• Dennis Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Dennis Mills is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Mills
• Five Points
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Five Points is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Foundryville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Foundryville is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
• Fowlersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fowlersville is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
• Harveyville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harveyville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveyville
• Honeytown
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Honeytown is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeytown
• Jonestown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Jonestown is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
• Maple Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Grove is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Marshall Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshall Hollow is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hollow
• Register
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Register is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
• Stillwater
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Stillwater is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stillwater <1>
• Summer Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Summer Hill is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
• Town Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Town Hill is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill

How Far From Bendertown 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 community such as Bendertown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bendertown and extending to:

• Bloomsburg, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bendertown to Bloomsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 160 miles [257.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,361 miles [7,018.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'