Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harmony Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harmony Hills
- 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 Harmony Hills:
- 41.340916, -75.534631
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Harmony Hills
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Since Harmony Hills is near Wayne County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Harmony Hills ...
We found five communities that share the name Harmony Hills.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Harmony Hills is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Harmony Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the south of the Harmony Hills that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Harmony Hills.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Harmony Hills is located in Baltimore County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Harmony Hills that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Harmony Hills.
- Montgomery County
- This Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the south southwest of the Harmony Hills that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Harmony Hills.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Harmony Hills is located in Sullivan County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Harmony Hills that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Harmony Hills.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Harmony Hills [Bexar County].
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Hills ...
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.
- Daleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Daleville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daleville <4>
- Dunmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
- Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
- Elmdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Fells Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fells Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells Corners
- Fells Corners is located in Lackawanna County
- Maple Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
- Maple Lake is located in Lackawanna County
- Marshwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Lackawanna County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <4>
- Quicktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Red Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Rockdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Spring Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
How Far From Harmony Hills 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 Harmony Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harmony Hills and extending to:
- Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Harmony Hills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 186 miles [299.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,444 miles [10,370.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- 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).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harmony Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lackawanna County: www.lackawannacounty.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harmony Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harmony Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3409, Longitude: -75.5346 In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Harmony Hills could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Harmony Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.795 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.582 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.061 degrees. |