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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 Lehman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lehman 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 Lehman:
    • 41.316477, -76.022510
    • 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 Lehman
  • 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 Lehman is near Wyoming County and also Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna 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 Lehman

Communities Also Named Lehman ...

We found four communities that are also named Lehman.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • York County
      • This Lehman is located in York County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lehman that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Lehman.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Nemaha 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 Kansas community of Lehman [Nemaha County].
    • Texas
      • Cochran County
      • This Lehman is located in Cochran County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the west of the Lehman that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochran County community of Lehman.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Lehman is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,859 miles [2,991.8 km]<1> to the west of the Lehman that is located in Luzerne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Lehman.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lehman ...

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.

  • Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chase is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Fern Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fern Brook is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Brook
  • Harveys Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hays Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hays Corner is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Corner
  • Huntsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
  • Kunkle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lake is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Loyalville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Maplewood Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Maplewood Heights is located in Luzerne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Heights
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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

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

  • Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lehman 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 175 miles [281.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • 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).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lehman) 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 Lehman 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 Lehman 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 Lehman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3165, Longitude: -76.0225    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.093 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.915 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.29 degrees.