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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 Fern Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fern Brook 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 Fern Brook:
- 41.330080, -75.941310
- 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 Fern Brook
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Fern Brook is near Wyoming County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Fern Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fern Brook ...
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.
- Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chase is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Dickville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dickville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickville
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Gregory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hays Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Corner is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Corner
- Hillside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillside is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Kunkle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Larksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maplewood Heights is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Heights
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Pringle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pringle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Shavertown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trucksville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Trucksville Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trucksville Gardens is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville Gardens
How Far From Fern Brook 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 Fern Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fern Brook and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Fern Brook 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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over 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 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 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 from Point A (ie- Fern Brook) 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 Fern Brook 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 Fern Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3301, Longitude: -75.9413 In this case, the coordinates for Fern Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.043 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.248 degrees. |
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