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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 Franklindale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklindale 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 Franklindale:
- 41.702789, -76.554305
- 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 Franklindale
- 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Since Franklindale is near Sullivan County and also Lycoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming 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 Franklindale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklindale ...
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.
- Carbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carbon is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Kellogg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kellogg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Leroy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leroy is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Long Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Luthers Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mac is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
- Marshview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Minerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Minerville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerville
- Mountain Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Overshot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Overshot is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
- Quarry Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quarry Glen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Glen
How Far From Franklindale 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 Franklindale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Franklindale and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Franklindale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,759 miles [9,268.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Franklindale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Franklindale 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 Franklindale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7028, Longitude: -76.5543 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.382 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.303 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.366 degrees. |
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