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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 Lake Como, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Como and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lake Como:
    • 41.849808, -75.336843
    • 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 Lake Como
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since Lake Como is near Delaware County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Lake Como

Communities Also Named Lake Como ...

We found five communities that are also named Lake Como.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Lake Como is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Putnam County
      • This Lake Como is located in Putnam County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lake Como that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Lake Como.
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper County
      • This Lake Como is located in Jasper County and lies 1,023 miles [1,646.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lake Como that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Lake Como.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Lake Como [Monmouth County].
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lake Como [Cayuga County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth County
      • This Lake Como is located in Walworth County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the west of the Lake Como that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Lake Como.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Como ...

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.

  • Cascade
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cascade is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Cold Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • High Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • High Lake is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Lake
  • Lordville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lordville is located in Delaware County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordville
  • Maple Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Grove is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Orson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Mill is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mill
  • Priceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Priceville is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
  • Starlight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Winterdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Winterdale is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterdale

How Far From Lake Como to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lake Como to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Como and extending to:

  • Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Como to Honesdale, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,292 miles [6,907.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Lake Como) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lake Como could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Lake Como 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 Lake Como. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8498, Longitude: -75.3368       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Como have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.623 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.47 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.748 degrees.