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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 Castle Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castle Garden 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 Castle Garden:
- 40.864816, -75.410461
- 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 Castle Garden
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Castle Garden is near Northampton County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Castle Garden
Communities Also Named Castle Garden ...
We found two communities that are also named Castle Garden.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Castle Garden.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Castle Garden in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Cameron County
- This Castle Garden is located in Cameron County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Castle Garden that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Castle Garden.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Warrick County
- This Castle Garden is located in Warrick County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Castle Garden that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Castle Garden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castle Garden ...
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.
- Alpha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alpha is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Christian Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Christian Corner is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corner
- Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Dotters Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dotters Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotters Corners
- Effort
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fiddletown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fiddletown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddletown
- Gilbert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Central
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grand Central is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Central
- Jacobsburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jacobsburg is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Kunkletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Pleasant View Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Lake
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sandhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sandhill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Slatefield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slatefield is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatefield
- Wind Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Castle Garden 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 Castle Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Castle Garden and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Castle Garden to Stroudsburg, 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 86 miles [138.4 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 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 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,332 miles [6,971.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Castle Garden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Castle Garden 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 Castle Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8648, Longitude: -75.4105 In this case, the coordinates for Castle Garden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.473 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.212 degrees. |
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