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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 Frutchey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frutchey 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 Frutchey:
- 41.053428, -75.096010
- 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 Frutchey
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Frutchey is near Warren County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Frutchey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frutchey ...
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.
- Bushkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Craigs Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Craigs Meadow is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Meadow
- Delaware Water Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Echo Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Gravel Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
- Hemlock Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock Glen is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Glen
- Marshalls Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Poplar Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Poplar Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bridge
- Saw Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saw Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Creek
- Shoemakers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Turn Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turn Villa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Villa
How Far From Frutchey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Frutchey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frutchey and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Frutchey to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,311 miles [6,937.9 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 '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- Frutchey) 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 Frutchey 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 Frutchey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0534, Longitude: -75.0960 In this case, the coordinates for Frutchey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.559 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.269 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.991 degrees. |
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