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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 Conklin Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conklin Hill 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 Conklin Hill:
- 41.737311, -75.082946
- 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 Conklin Hill
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Conklin Hill is near Sullivan County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Conklin Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conklin Hill ...
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.
- Basket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Basket is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
- Damascus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Falls Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Fallsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fallsdale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsdale
- Hilltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hilltown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Hunts Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Lava
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lava is located in Sullivan County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Long Eddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Narrowsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Mill is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mill
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Priceville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Stalker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stalker is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalker
How Far From Conklin Hill 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 Conklin Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Conklin Hill and extending to:
- Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Conklin Hill to Honesdale, 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,285 miles [6,896 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Conklin Hill) 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 Conklin Hill 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 Conklin Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7373, Longitude: -75.0829 In this case, the coordinates for Conklin Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.481 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.291 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.683 degrees. |
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