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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 Cementon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cementon and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cementon:
    • 40.689263, -75.507684
    • 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 Cementon
  • 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 Lehigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
    • Since Cementon 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 Cementon

Communities Also Named Cementon ...

We found two communities that are also named Cementon.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Cementon is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Cementon is located in Greene County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cementon that is located in Lehigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cementon.
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cementon [Orangeburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cementon ...

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.

  • Beersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beersville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersville
  • Cherryville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Coffeetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Coffeetown is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Egypt
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Egypt is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Evergreen Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Evergreen Park is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
  • Franks Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Franks Corner is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Corner
  • Hawktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hawktown is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawktown
  • Home Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Home Park is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
  • Juniper Circle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Juniper Circle is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Circle
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mechanicsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Petersville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Petersville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
    • Rising Sun
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Rockdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Seemsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Seemsville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seemsville
    • Weaversville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Weaversville is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaversville

How Far From Cementon to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cementon to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cementon and extending to:

  • Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cementon to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,343 miles [6,989.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Cementon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cementon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cementon 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 Cementon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6893, Longitude: -75.5077       In this case, the coordinates for Cementon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.841 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.53 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.33 degrees.