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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 Gracedale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gracedale 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 Gracedale:
- 41.171194, -75.866863
- 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 Gracedale
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Gracedale is near Carbon County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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 Gracedale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gracedale ...
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.
- Buttonwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buttonwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lee Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Moosehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Mountain Top
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rippletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rippletown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippletown
- Rule Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rule Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Corners
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
How Far From Gracedale 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 Gracedale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gracedale and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Gracedale 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,340 miles [6,984.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gracedale) 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 Gracedale 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 Gracedale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1712, Longitude: -75.8669 In this case, the coordinates for Gracedale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.012 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.801 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.282 degrees. |
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