Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Dotters Corners:
  • 40.944813, -75.520186
  • 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 Dotters Corners

• 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Since Dotters Corners is near Carbon County and also Northampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Dotters Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dotters Corners ...

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.

• Castle Garden
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Castle Garden is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
• Effort
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Effort is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effort
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effort <1>
• Fiddletown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fiddletown is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddletown
• Gilbert
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilbert is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <1>
• Indian Mountain Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Indian Mountain Lake is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mountain Lake
• Jonas
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jonas is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonas
• Jonesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jonesville is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
• Kunkletown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kunkletown is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkletown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kunkletown <1>
• Little Gap
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Little Gap is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
• Pleasant View Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant View Lake is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Lake
• Robin Hood Lakes
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Robin Hood Lakes is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Lakes
• Sun Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sun Valley is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley

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

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

• Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Dotters Corners to Stroudsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 162 miles [260.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,334 miles [6,974.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'