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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 Kirbyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kirbyville 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 Kirbyville:
- 40.474359, -75.858213
- 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 Kirbyville
- 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks County
- Since Kirbyville is near Lehigh County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Kirbyville
Communities Also Named Kirbyville ...
We found three communities that are also named Kirbyville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Kirbyville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Taney County
- This Kirbyville is located in Taney County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the west of the Kirbyville that is located in Berks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Kirbyville.
- Ohio
- Brown County
- This Kirbyville is located in Brown County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the west of the Kirbyville that is located in Berks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Kirbyville.
- Texas
- Jasper County
- This Kirbyville is located in Jasper County and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kirbyville that is located in Berks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Kirbyville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirbyville ...
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.
- Breezy Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Breezy Corner is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Corner
- Cherokee Ranch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee Ranch is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Ranch
- Fleetwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lyon Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyon Station is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Station
- Maiden Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maiden Creek is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek
- Pricetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pricetown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Shadow Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shadow Ridge is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Ridge
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Point is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Temple
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Virginville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Walnuttown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnuttown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnuttown
- Willow Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Gardens is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Gardens
How Far From Kirbyville 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 Kirbyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirbyville and extending to:
- Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kirbyville to Reading, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 125 miles [201.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,781 miles [9,303.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,366 miles [7,026.4 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- Kirbyville) 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 Kirbyville 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 Kirbyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4744, Longitude: -75.8582 In this case, the coordinates for Kirbyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.07 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.756 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.574 degrees. |
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