Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dawn Acres:
  • 41.337583, -75.507130
  • 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 Dawn Acres

• 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
  • Since Dawn Acres is near Wayne County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Dawn Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawn Acres ...

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.

• Daleville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Daleville is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daleville <1>
• Elmdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmdale is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
• Fells Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fells Corners is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells Corners
• Harmony Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Harmony Hills is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
• Maple Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Maple Lake is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
• Moscow
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
• Quicktown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Quicktown is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicktown
• Rockdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockdale is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
• Spring Brook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook

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

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

• Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dawn Acres to Scranton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 186 miles [299.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,318 miles [6,949.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'