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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 Laurel Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Run 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 Laurel Run:
- 41.217274, -75.841953
- 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 Laurel Run
- 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 Laurel Run is near Lackawanna County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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 Laurel Run
Communities Also Named Laurel Run ...
We found three communities that are also named Laurel Run.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Laurel Run.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Elk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Laurel Run [Elk County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Laurel Run is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the south of the Laurel Run that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Laurel Run.
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- This Laurel Run is located in Preston County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Laurel Run that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Laurel Run.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Run ...
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.
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Gracedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gracedale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracedale
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Lee Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lee Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Miners Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parsons is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Notch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
How Far From Laurel Run 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 Laurel Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurel Run and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Laurel Run to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 172 miles [276.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Laurel Run 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. |
| <2> | 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- Laurel Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Laurel Run 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 Laurel Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2173, Longitude: -75.8420 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.993 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.786 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.252 degrees. |
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