Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Coveytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coveytown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Coveytown

• 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 Coveytown:
  • 41.546742, -76.453832
  • 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 Coveytown

• 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
  • Since Coveytown is near Bradford County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Coveytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coveytown ...

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.

• Cherry Mills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Cherry Mills is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mills
• Evergreen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Forksville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Forksville is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forksville <1>
• Kellogg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Kellogg is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
• Laddsburg
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
• Lincoln Falls
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
• Long Valley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Valley is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
• Marshview
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Marshview is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
• Mildred
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mildred is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mildred <1>
• Minerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Minerville is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerville
• Murray
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Murray is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
• New Era
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New Era is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era

How Far From Coveytown 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 Coveytown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coveytown and extending to:

• Laporte, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Coveytown 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 6 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'