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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 Locust Lakes Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Locust Lakes Village 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 Locust Lakes Village:
- 41.144530, -75.544910
- 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 Locust Lakes Village
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Locust Lakes Village is near Centre County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Centre 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 Locust Lakes Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Locust Lakes Village ...
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.
- Emerald Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emerald Lakes is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lakes
- Fernridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fernridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
- Forest Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Glen is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Lake Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Summit is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Summit
- Preserve
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Preserve is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preserve
- Shades Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shades Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shades Glen
- Split Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Split Rock is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
How Far From Locust Lakes Village 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 Locust Lakes Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Locust Lakes Village and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Locust Lakes Village to Stroudsburg, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 174 miles [280 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 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Locust Lakes Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Locust Lakes Village 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 Locust Lakes Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1445, Longitude: -75.5449 In this case, the coordinates for Locust Lakes Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.82 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.579 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.15 degrees. |
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