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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 Coopersburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coopersburg 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 Coopersburg:
- 40.511343, -75.390960
- 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 Coopersburg
- 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 Coopersburg is near Bucks County and also Northampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Coopersburg
Communities Also Named Coopersburg ...
We found one communities that are also named Coopersburg.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Coopersburg is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Coopersburg in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Rice County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Coopersburg [Rice County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coopersburg ...
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.
- Brick Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brick Tavern is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Tavern
- California
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- California is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Hilltop
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Limeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Locust Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Overlook Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Overlook Springs is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Springs
- Passer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rocky Valley is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosedale is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Specktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Specktown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Specktown
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Summit Lawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Lawn is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lawn
- Zionhill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Coopersburg 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 Coopersburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coopersburg and extending to:
- Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Coopersburg 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 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,760 miles [9,269.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Coopersburg 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coopersburg) 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 Coopersburg 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 Coopersburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5113, Longitude: -75.3910 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.788 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.441 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.355 degrees. |
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