Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Liewellyn Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Liewellyn Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Liewellyn Corners

• 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 Liewellyn Corners:
  • 41.233137, -75.801027
  • 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 Liewellyn Corners

• 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 Liewellyn Corners 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 Liewellyn Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Liewellyn Corners ...

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.

• Forest Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Forest Park is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Fox Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
• Georgetown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Inkerman
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Inkerman is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
• Keystone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Keystone is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Laurel Run
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurel Run is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel Run <1>
• Miners Mills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
• Parsons
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Parsons is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
• Plains
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Plains is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <1>
• Plainsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Plainsville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Liewellyn Corners and extending to:

• Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Liewellyn Corners 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 173 miles [278.4 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 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,335 miles [6,976.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'