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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 Martins Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Martins Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Martins Creek:
    • 40.783431, -75.186288
    • 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 Martins Creek
  • 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Martins Creek is near Warren County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Martins Creek

Communities Also Named Martins Creek ...

We found three communities that are also named Martins Creek.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Martins Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp 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 Arkansas community of Martins Creek [Sharp County].
    • New Jersey
      • Warren 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 New Jersey community of Martins Creek [Warren County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Martins Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Martins Creek that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Martins Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Martins Creek ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Churchville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Churchville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Factoryville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Factoryville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
  • Flicksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Flicksville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flicksville
  • Foul Rift ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Foul Rift is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foul Rift
  • Grand Central
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand Central is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Central
  • Harmony
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harmony is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Jacobsburg ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jacobsburg is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
  • Lower Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Harmony is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Harmony
  • Martins Creek Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Martins Creek Junction is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Creek Junction
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Uniontown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Uniontown is located in Warren County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown

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

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Martins Creek 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 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than 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 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,325 miles [6,960.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Martins Creek 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Martins Creek) 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 Martins Creek 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 Martins Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7834, Longitude: -75.1863       In this case, the coordinates for Martins Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.639 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.317 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.148 degrees.