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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 Lamberton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lamberton 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 Lamberton:
    • 39.913687, -79.878939
    • 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 Lamberton
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Lamberton is near Greene County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Lamberton

Communities Also Named Lamberton ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lamberton.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Lamberton.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Schuylkill County
      • This Lamberton is located in Schuylkill County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lamberton that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Lamberton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Monroe 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 Arkansas community of Lamberton [Monroe County].
      • Union County
      • This Lamberton is located in Union County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lamberton that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Lamberton.
    • Minnesota
      • Redwood County
      • This Lamberton is located in Redwood County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lamberton that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Redwood County community of Lamberton.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer 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 Lamberton [Mercer County].
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Lamberton is located in Chautauqua County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the north of the Lamberton that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Lamberton.
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Lamberton is located in Ritchie County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lamberton that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Lamberton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine 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 Wisconsin community of Lamberton [Racine County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lamberton ...

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.

  • Dearth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dearth is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearth
  • Edenborn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Edenborn is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenborn
  • Filbert
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Filbert is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filbert
  • Gates
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gates is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Heistersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heistersburg
  • Herbert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Herbert is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
  • Highhouse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Highhouse is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highhouse
  • Hoover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoover is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Lewis Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
  • Live Easy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Live Easy is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Easy
  • Masontown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Puritan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Puritan is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Ralph
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Ralph is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
    • Republic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Republic is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
    • Sea Right
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sea Right is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Right
    • Searights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Searights is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searights
    • Shamrock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Shamrock is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Stringtown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Stringtown is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Tuckertown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuckertown is located in Fayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

How Far From Lamberton 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 Lamberton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lamberton to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,563 miles [7,343.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lamberton) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Lamberton 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 Lamberton 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 Lamberton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9137, Longitude: -79.8789       In this case, the coordinates for Lamberton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.541 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.471 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.563 degrees.