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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 Byrnsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Byrnsville 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 Byrnsville:
- 40.796476, -76.339115
- 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 Byrnsville
- 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 Byrnsville is near Schuylkill County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Byrnsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Byrnsville ...
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.
- Alaska
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Atlas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Atlas is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Beaverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Beaverdale is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Big Mine Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Big Mine Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mine Run
- Diamondtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Diamondtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondtown
- Fountain Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fountain Springs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Frackville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frackville Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Glen Carbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen Carbon is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Carbon
- Gordon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Locust Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Locust Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Summit is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Summit
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Locustdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Raven Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Strong
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Strong is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
How Far From Byrnsville 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 Byrnsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Byrnsville and extending to:
- Bloomsburg, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Byrnsville to Bloomsburg, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 136 miles [218.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,788 miles [9,314.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,375 miles [7,040.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Byrnsville) 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 Byrnsville 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 Byrnsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7965, Longitude: -76.3391 In this case, the coordinates for Byrnsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.331 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.102 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.651 degrees. |
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