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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 Cease Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cease Mills 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 Cease Mills:
- 41.252582, -76.027146
- 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 Cease Mills
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Cease Mills is near Wyoming County and also Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna 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 Cease Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cease Mills ...
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.
- Buttonwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buttonwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chase is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Curry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Curry Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Hill
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dundee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Gregory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hughs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hughs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
- Huntsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Larksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meeker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meeker is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Pikes Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pikes Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Creek
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roaring Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roaring Brook is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Brook
- Silkworth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silkworth is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silkworth
- Warrior Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
How Far From Cease Mills 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 Cease Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cease Mills and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cease Mills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 171 miles [275.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cease Mills) 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 Cease Mills 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 Cease Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2526, Longitude: -76.0271 In this case, the coordinates for Cease Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.102 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.915 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.319 degrees. |
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