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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 Mary-D, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mary-D 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 Mary-D:
- 40.760089, -76.056044
- 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 Mary-D
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Mary-D is near Carbon County and also Berks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks 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 Mary-D
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mary-D ...
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.
- Bear Run Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bear Run Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Run Junction
- Boston Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boston Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Run
- Chain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain
- Craigs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Craigs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Dark Water
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dark Water is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Water
- Ellen Gowan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellen Gowan is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Gowan
- Frisbie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frisbie is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Hills Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hills Terrace is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Terrace
- Hometown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Locust Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Lofty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Lorraine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lorraine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- New Philadelphia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Junction
- Shoemakers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shoemakers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Still Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Still Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Creek
- Vulcan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Mary-D 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 Mary-D to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mary-D and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Mary-D to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 138 miles [222.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,778 miles [9,298.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,364 miles [7,023.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mary-D) 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 Mary-D 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 Mary-D. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7601, Longitude: -76.0560 In this case, the coordinates for Mary-D have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.907 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.541 degrees. |
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