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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 Emerald, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emerald 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 Emerald:
- 40.744477, -75.634567
- 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 Emerald
- 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 Lehigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Since Emerald is near Northampton County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Emerald
Communities Also Named Emerald ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Emerald.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Emerald.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Emerald [Greene County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Stanislaus County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Emerald [Stanislaus County].
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Emerald [Anderson County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Emerald [Franklin County].
- Michigan
- Mecosta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Emerald [Mecosta County].
- Minnesota
- Faribault County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Emerald [Faribault County].
- Mississippi
- Pike County
- This Emerald is located in Pike County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Emerald.
- Nebraska
- Lancaster County
- This Emerald is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<2> to the west of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Emerald.
- Nova Scotia
- This Emerald lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- Ohio
- Adams County
- This Emerald is located in Adams County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Emerald.
- Ontario
- This Emerald lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Emerald lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- Texas
- Crockett County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Crockett County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Emerald.
- Washington
- Yakima County
- This Emerald is located in Yakima County and lies 2,228 miles [3,585.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Emerald.
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- This Emerald is located in Saint Croix County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Emerald that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Croix County community of Emerald.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Emerald ...
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.
- Apps
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Apps is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apps
- Best Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Best Station is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Station
- Germansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harpers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harpers is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers
- Hazard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indianland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indianland is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianland
- Jordan Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jordan Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Valley
- Lizard Creek Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lockport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peters Store
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peters Store is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Store
- Rising Sun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- River View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- River View is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rockdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Slate Valley is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Slatedale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Trout Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Emerald to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Emerald to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Emerald and extending to:
- Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Emerald to Allentown, with an average speed<5> 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 72 miles [115.9 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Emerald could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Emerald) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Emerald, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Emerald 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 Emerald. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7445, Longitude: -75.6346 In this case, the coordinates for Emerald have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.912 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.619 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.362 degrees. |
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