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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 Korn Krest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Korn Krest 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 Korn Krest:
- 41.218138, -75.943810
- 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 Korn Krest
- 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 Korn Krest is near Wyoming County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Korn Krest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Korn Krest ...
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.
- Buttonwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Buttonwood is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chase is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Curry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Curry Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Hill
- Dundee
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dundee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Gregory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Larksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lee Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lee Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mountain Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pringle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pringle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Rule Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rule Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Corners
- Sugar Notch
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
How Far From Korn Krest 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 Korn Krest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Korn Krest and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Korn Krest 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 5 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 170 miles [273.6 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 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Korn Krest) 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 Korn Krest 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 Korn Krest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2181, Longitude: -75.9438 In this case, the coordinates for Korn Krest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.055 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.856 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.297 degrees. |
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