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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 Dry Tavern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Tavern 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 Dry Tavern:
    • 40.807037, -75.721023
    • 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 Dry Tavern
  • 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
    • Since Dry Tavern is near Lehigh County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Dry Tavern

Communities Also Named Dry Tavern ...

We found one communities that are also named Dry Tavern.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Dry Tavern.

Beyond Pennsylvania.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Greene County
      • This Dry Tavern is located in Greene County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dry Tavern that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Dry Tavern.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Tavern ...

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.

  • Beltzville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beltzville is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzville
  • Big Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Creek is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Germans
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Germans is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans
  • Hazard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hazard is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Indian Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Hills is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Jamestown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jamestown is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Jim Thorpe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
    • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
    • East Mauch Chunk
    • Mauch Chunk
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <2>
  • Lizard Creek Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Long Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Long Run is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
  • Normal Square
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Normal Square is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Square
  • Slatedale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
  • Sunny Rest Lodge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sunny Rest Lodge is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Rest Lodge
  • Union Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Hill is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dry Tavern and extending to:

  • Jim Thorpe, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dry Tavern 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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 149 miles [239.8 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 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,348 miles [6,997.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dry Tavern) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Dry Tavern 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 Dry Tavern. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8070, Longitude: -75.7210       In this case, the coordinates for Dry Tavern have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.958 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.681 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.373 degrees.