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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 Maple Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Lake 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 Maple Lake:
- 41.326193, -75.573243
- 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 Maple Lake
- 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Since Maple Lake is near Luzerne County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Maple Lake
Communities Also Named Maple Lake ...
We found five communities that are also named Maple Lake.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Maple Lake is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Van Buren 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 Michigan community of Maple Lake [Van Buren County].
- Minnesota
- Wright County
- This Maple Lake is located in Wright County and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Maple Lake that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Maple Lake.
- Ohio
- Jefferson 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 Ohio community of Maple Lake [Jefferson County].
- Ontario
- This Maple Lake lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Maple Lake that is located in Lackawanna County.
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- This Maple Lake is located in Harrison County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Maple Lake that is located in Lackawanna County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Maple Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Lake ...
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.
- Barbertown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Barbertown is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown
- Daleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dunmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elmdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Fells Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fells Corners is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells Corners
- Green Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harmony Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Hills is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Hillside Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillside Junction is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Junction
- Marshwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Marshwood is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshwood
- Moscow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Quicktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quicktown is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicktown
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Spike Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spike Island is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
- Spring Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Starks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Starks is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
How Far From Maple Lake 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 Maple Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maple Lake and extending to:
- Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Maple Lake 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 184 miles [296.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,734 miles [9,228 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,322 miles [6,955.6 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 Maple Lake 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Maple Lake) 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 Maple Lake 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 Maple Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3262, Longitude: -75.5732 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.82 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.608 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.084 degrees. |
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