Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 East Sterling:
  • 41.326754, -75.336848
  • 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 East Sterling

• 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Since East Sterling is near Pike County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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 East Sterling

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Sterling ...

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.

• Greentown
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Greentown is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greentown <1>
• Hemlock Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hemlock Grove is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Grove
• Lake in the Clouds
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake in the Clouds is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake in the Clouds
• Ledgedale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ledgedale is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgedale
• Little Chapel
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Little Chapel is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chapel
• Panther
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Panther is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
• Promised Land
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Promised Land is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
• Quicktown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Quicktown is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicktown
• Sky View Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sky View Lake is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View Lake

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

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

• Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Sterling to Honesdale, 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 190 miles [305.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,724 miles [9,211.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,311 miles [6,937.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'