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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 Fortenia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fortenia 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 Fortenia:
- 41.577588, -75.293510
- 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 Fortenia
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Fortenia is near Lackawanna County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Fortenia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fortenia ...
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.
- Bethany
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Carbondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cherry Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Cold Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Fallsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fallsdale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsdale
- Forest City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Gravity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gravity is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Indian Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Orchard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Lake Ariel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pink
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pink is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Tanners Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
How Far From Fortenia to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fortenia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fortenia and extending to:
- Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Fortenia to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,712 miles [9,192.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,300 miles [6,920.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fortenia) 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 Fortenia 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 Fortenia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5776, Longitude: -75.2935 In this case, the coordinates for Fortenia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.625 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.428 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.849 degrees. |
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