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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 Grassy Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassy Island 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 Grassy Island:
- 41.471192, -75.582132
- 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 Grassy Island
- 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Since Grassy Island is near Wayne County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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 Grassy Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassy Island ...
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.
- Dickson City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dunmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Green Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Jessup
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marshwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marshwood is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshwood
- Nebraska
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nebraska is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- Olyphant
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Peckville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Red Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
How Far From Grassy Island 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 Grassy Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grassy Island and extending to:
- Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Grassy Island 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 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 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,317 miles [6,947.5 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- Grassy Island) 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 Grassy Island 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 Grassy Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4712, Longitude: -75.5821 In this case, the coordinates for Grassy Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.811 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.621 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.025 degrees. |
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