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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 Diebertsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Diebertsville 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 Diebertsville:
- 40.684818, -75.646299
- 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 Diebertsville
- 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 Diebertsville is near Northampton County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Diebertsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Diebertsville ...
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.
- Best Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Best Station is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Station
- Claussville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Claussville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claussville
- Coffeetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coffeetown is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
- Emerald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Emerald is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Germansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Jordan Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Valley
- Leather Corner Post
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leather Corner Post is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leather Corner Post
- Lockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lockport is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Lyon Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lyon Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Valley
- New Tripoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peters Store
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peters Store is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Store
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pleasant Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Rising Sun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- River View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- River View is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Schnecksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schnecksville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnecksville
- Slatedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Trout Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
- Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Diebertsville 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 Diebertsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Diebertsville and extending to:
- Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Diebertsville to Allentown, 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 143 miles [230.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Diebertsville) 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 Diebertsville 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 Diebertsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6848, Longitude: -75.6463 In this case, the coordinates for Diebertsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.924 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.624 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.392 degrees. |
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