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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 Kingswood Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingswood Estates 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 Kingswood Estates:
- 40.863982, -75.471295
- 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 Kingswood Estates
- 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 Kingswood Estates is near Carbon County and also Northampton 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 Northampton 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 Kingswood Estates
Communities Also Named Kingswood Estates ...
We found three communities that are also named Kingswood Estates.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Kingswood Estates is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- This Kingswood Estates is located in Baxter County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kingswood Estates that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Kingswood Estates.
- California
- Placer County
- This Kingswood Estates is located in Placer County and lies 2,333 miles [3,754.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kingswood Estates that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Kingswood Estates.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Kingswood Estates is located in Calvert County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Kingswood Estates that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Kingswood Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingswood Estates ...
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.
- Castle Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Castle Garden is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
- Christian Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christian Corner is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corner
- Danielsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Effort
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fiddletown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fiddletown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddletown
- Gilbert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jonesville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Kunkletown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Little Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Gap is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
- Pleasant View Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Lake
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Slatefield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slatefield is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatefield
How Far From Kingswood Estates 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 Kingswood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingswood Estates and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kingswood Estates 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 84 miles [135.2 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 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,335 miles [6,976.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Kingswood Estates) 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 Kingswood Estates 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 Kingswood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8640, Longitude: -75.4713 In this case, the coordinates for Kingswood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.803 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.515 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.239 degrees. |
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