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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 Hometown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hometown 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 Hometown:
- 40.823537, -75.980634
- 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 Hometown
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Hometown is near Carbon County and also Luzerne 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 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 Hometown
Communities Also Named Hometown ...
We found two communities that are also named Hometown.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Hometown is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Hometown is located in Cook County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the west of the Hometown that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Hometown.
- West Virginia
- Putnam County
- This Hometown is located in Putnam County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hometown that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Hometown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hometown ...
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.
- Chain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain
- Coaldale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Frenchtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Haddock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haddock is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Hoppers Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoppers Mill is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers Mill
- Jeansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jeansville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeansville
- Junedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Junedale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junedale
- Locust Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Lofty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mary-D
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Junction
- Shoemakers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shoemakers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Still Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Still Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Creek
- Vulcan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vulcan is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Hometown 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 Hometown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hometown and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hometown to Pottsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hometown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Hometown 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 Hometown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8235, Longitude: -75.9806 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.113 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.481 degrees. |
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