Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hughestown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hughestown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hughestown

• 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 Hughestown:
  • 41.327580, -75.774082
  • 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 Hughestown

• 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 Hughestown is near Lackawanna County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Hughestown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hughestown ...

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.

• Barbertown ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Barbertown is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown
• Bush Patch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bush Patch is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Patch
• Cork Lane
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cork Lane is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork Lane
• Fox Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
• Greenwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
• Happy Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Happy Valley is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
• Hillside Junction
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillside Junction is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Junction
• Inkerman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Inkerman is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
• Keystone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Keystone is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Plainsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Plainsville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsville
• Spike Island
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Spike Island is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
• Starks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Starks is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
• Wyoming
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Wyoming is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,004 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <1>

How Far From Hughestown 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 Hughestown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hughestown and extending to:

• Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Hughestown 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 most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,742 miles [9,240.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,330 miles [6,968.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'