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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 Forrestville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forrestville 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 Forrestville:
- 40.690267, -76.295394
- 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 Forrestville
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Forrestville is near Luzerne County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Forrestville
Communities Also Named Forrestville ...
We found one communities that are also named Forrestville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Forrestville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Forrestville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Floyd 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 Georgia community of Forrestville [Floyd County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forrestville ...
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.
- Buck Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Coal Castle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Castle is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Castle
- Forestville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forestville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Glen Carbon
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glen Carbon is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Carbon
- Gordon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jonestown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Marlin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Marlin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
- Middle Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Minersville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Seltzer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Seltzer is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltzer
How Far From Forrestville 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 Forrestville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Forrestville and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Forrestville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,791 miles [9,319.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,377 miles [7,044.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Forrestville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forrestville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Forrestville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.314 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.066 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.676 degrees. |
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