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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 Jonas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jonas 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 Jonas:
- 40.967590, -75.511853
- 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 Jonas
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Jonas is near Carbon County and also Centre 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 Centre 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 Jonas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jonas ...
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.
- Dotters Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dotters Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotters Corners
- Effort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fernridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fernridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
- Fiddletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddletown
- Gilbert
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Mountain Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Mountain Lake is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mountain Lake
- Lake Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Lake
- Robin Hood Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Robin Hood Lakes is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Lakes
- Sun Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sun Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
How Far From Jonas to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jonas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jonas and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Jonas to Stroudsburg, 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 five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 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 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jonas) 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 Jonas 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 Jonas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9676, Longitude: -75.5119 In this case, the coordinates for Jonas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.817 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.548 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.212 degrees. |
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