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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 Concrete City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Concrete City 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 Concrete City:
- 41.189209, -75.976093
- 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 Concrete City
- 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 Concrete City is near Carbon County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Concrete City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Concrete City ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buttonwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Curry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Curry Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Hill
- Dundee
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dundee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Gracedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gracedale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracedale
- Gregory
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hughs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hughs is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
- Larksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Mountain Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Plymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rippletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rippletown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippletown
- Rule Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rule Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Corners
- Stairville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stairville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairville
- Sugar Notch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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 Concrete City 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 Concrete City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Concrete City once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Concrete City and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Concrete City 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 167 miles [268.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Concrete City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Concrete City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Concrete City 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 Concrete City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1892, Longitude: -75.9761 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.077 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.876 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.324 degrees. |
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