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 Friendsville:
41.916742, -76.049368
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 Friendsville
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 Susquehanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Friendsville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Friendsville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Wabash County
This Friendsville is located in Wabash County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Friendsville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Friendsville.
Maryland
Garrett County
This Friendsville is located in Garrett County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Friendsville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Friendsville.
Michigan
Van Buren County
This Friendsville is located in Van Buren County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the west of the Friendsville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Friendsville.
Ohio
Medina County
This Friendsville is located in Medina County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the west of the Friendsville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Friendsville.
Tennessee
Blount County
This Friendsville is located in Blount County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Friendsville that is located in Susquehanna County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Friendsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendsville ...
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.
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 Friendsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Friendsville and extending to:
Montrose, which is the Seat of Susquehanna County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Friendsville to Montrose, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,320 miles [6,952.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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- Friendsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Friendsville 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 Friendsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9167, Longitude: -76.0494 In this case, the coordinates for Friendsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.052 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.964 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.043 degrees.