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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 Eagles Mere Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagles Mere Park 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 Eagles Mere Park:
- 41.425078, -76.580783
- 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 Eagles Mere Park
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Eagles Mere Park is near Lycoming County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Eagles Mere Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagles Mere Park ...
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.
- Beaver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Cherry Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mills
- Coveytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coveytown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveytown
- Eagles Mere
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillsgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Falls is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Falls
- Long Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Mildred
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Eagles Mere Park 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 Eagles Mere Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Eagles Mere Park and extending to:
- Laporte, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Eagles Mere Park 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 5 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 176 miles [283.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take about 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 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,362 miles [7,020 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eagles Mere Park) 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 Eagles Mere Park 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 Eagles Mere Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4251, Longitude: -76.5808 In this case, the coordinates for Eagles Mere Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.423 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.495 degrees. |
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