Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Carpenter Town:
  • 41.562022, -75.708802
  • 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 Carpenter Town

• 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
  • Since Carpenter Town is near Wyoming County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Carpenter Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carpenter Town ...

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.

• Carpenter Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Carpenter Hollow is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hollow
• Craig
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Craig is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
• Factoryville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Factoryville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,183 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Factoryville <1>
• Factoryville Station
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Factoryville Station is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville Station
• Fleetville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fleetville is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetville
• Glenburn
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Glenburn is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
• Green Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
• Marshbrook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Marshbrook is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshbrook
• Schultzville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville

How Far From Carpenter Town 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 Carpenter Town to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carpenter Town to Scranton, with an average speed<3> 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 107 miles [172.2 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 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,730 miles [9,221.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,319 miles [6,950.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'