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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 Easton Anglers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Easton Anglers 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 Easton Anglers:
- 41.178703, -75.161289
- 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 Easton Anglers
- 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 Easton Anglers is near Pike County and also Warren 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 Warren 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 Easton Anglers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Easton Anglers ...
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.
- Coveville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coveville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
- Forest Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Henryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake in the Clouds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake in the Clouds is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake in the Clouds
- Mountainhome
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paradise Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Pecks Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pecks Pond is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Pond
- Poplar Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Poplar Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bridge
- Sandyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sandyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Saw Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saw Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Creek
- Sky View Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sky View Lake is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View Lake
- Skytop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Hill Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snow Hill Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Falls
- Spruce Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spruce Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
How Far From Easton Anglers 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 Easton Anglers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Easton Anglers and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Easton Anglers to Stroudsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 186 miles [299.3 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 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Easton Anglers) 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 Easton Anglers 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 Easton Anglers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1787, Longitude: -75.1613 In this case, the coordinates for Easton Anglers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.586 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.965 degrees. |
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