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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 Dietrichtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dietrichtown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dietrichtown:
    • 40.705098, -75.207954
    • 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 Dietrichtown
  • 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Dietrichtown is near Warren County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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 Dietrichtown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dietrichtown ...

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.

  • Carpentersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Carpentersville is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Chain Bridge ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chain Bridge is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain Bridge
    • Chain Bridge has also been known as:
    • Chain Dam
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Churchville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Churchville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Coffeetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Coffeetown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Farmersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmersville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Harmony is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Kennedy Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy Mills is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Mills
  • Kennedys
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedys is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedys
  • Lower Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lower Harmony is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Harmony
  • Lows Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lows Hollow is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lows Hollow
  • Martins Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Mount Hope
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Hope is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Springtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Springtown is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
    • Still Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Still Valley is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Valley
    • Uniontown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Uniontown is located in Warren County (NJ)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown

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

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dietrichtown 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 158 miles [254.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,329 miles [6,966.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dietrichtown) 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 Dietrichtown 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 Dietrichtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7051, Longitude: -75.2080       In this case, the coordinates for Dietrichtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.66 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.328 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.191 degrees.