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 Forest Lake:
41.880168, -75.960652
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.
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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seventeen communities that share the name Forest Lake.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Forest Lake is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Tuscaloosa County
This Forest Lake is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Forest Lake.
California
Lake County
This Forest Lake is located in Lake County and lies 2,439 miles [3,925.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Forest Lake.
San Joaquin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Forest Lake [San Joaquin County].
Georgia
Bibb County
This Forest Lake is located in Bibb County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Forest Lake.
Illinois
Lake County
This Forest Lake is located in Lake County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the west of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Forest Lake.
Indiana
Hendricks County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Forest Lake [Hendricks County].
Kansas
Wyandotte County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Forest Lake [Wyandotte County].
Maryland
Harford County
This Forest Lake is located in Harford County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the south of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Forest Lake.
Massachusetts
Hampden County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Forest Lake [Hampden County].
Michigan
Alger County
This Forest Lake is located in Alger County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alger County community of Forest Lake.
Minnesota
Washington County
This Forest Lake is located in Washington County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Forest Lake.
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Forest Lake [Cheshire County].
South Carolina
Greenwood County
This Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Forest Lake.
Horry County
This Forest Lake is located in Horry County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km] to the south southwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Forest Lake.
Richland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Forest Lake [Richland County].
York County
This Forest Lake is located in York County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km] to the south southwest of the Forest Lake that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Forest Lake.
Texas
Brazos County
Although located in Brazos County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Forest Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Lake ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Heart Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Forest Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest Lake and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Forest Lake to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,727 miles [9,216.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,318 miles [6,949.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Forest Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8802, Longitude: -75.9607 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Forest Lake 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Forest Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.001 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.901 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.018 degrees.