Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dallas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dallas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dallas
- 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 Dallas:
- 41.336186, -75.963212
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dallas
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Dallas is near Wyoming County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dallas ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Dallas.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Dallas.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Dallas, we know of two communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- This Dallas is located in Blount County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Dallas that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Dallas.
- Dallas 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 Alabama community of Dallas [Dallas County].
- Madison County
- This Dallas is located in Madison County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km] to the southwest of the Dallas that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Dallas.
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Dallas lies 2,179 miles [3,506.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Dallas that is located in Luzerne County.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- This Dallas lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Dallas that is located in Luzerne County.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Bollinger County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Bollinger County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bollinger County community of Dallas.
- Jackson County
- This Dallas is located in Jackson County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the west of the Dallas that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Dallas.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Champaign County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Champaign County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Dallas.
- Highland 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 Ohio community of Dallas [Highland County].
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dallas ...
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.
- Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Fern Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Brook
- Fern Brook is located in Luzerne County
- Harveys Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harveys Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveys Lake
- Harveys Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,812 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harveys Lake <5>
- Hays Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Corner
- Hays Corner is located in Luzerne County
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Kunkle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Maplewood Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Heights
- Maplewood Heights is located in Luzerne County
- Shavertown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shavertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavertown
- Shavertown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shavertown <5>
- Trucksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trucksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Trucksville Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trucksville Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville Gardens
- Trucksville Gardens is located in Luzerne County
How Far From Dallas to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dallas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dallas and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Dallas to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Dallas: www.dallasborough.org/
The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 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 Dallas 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' (or 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- Dallas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dallas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3362, Longitude: -75.9632 |
| <3> | 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 Dallas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Dallas to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.055 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.875 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.255 degrees. |