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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 Mossville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mossville 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 Mossville:
- 41.272091, -76.278772
- 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 Mossville
- 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 Mossville is near Columbia County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Mossville
Communities Also Named Mossville ...
We found four communities that are also named Mossville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mossville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Newton County
- This Mossville is located in Newton County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mossville that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Mossville.
- Illinois
- Peoria County
- This Mossville is located in Peoria County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mossville that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Mossville.
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- This Mossville is located in Calcasieu Parish and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mossville that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calcasieu Parish community of Mossville.
- Texas
- Cooke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mossville [Cooke County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mossville ...
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.
- Central
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Harveyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Marshall Hollow is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hollow
- Red Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Red Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Red Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Register
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ripple ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ripple is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple
- Sweet Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Town Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Town Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
How Far From Mossville 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 Mossville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mossville and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Mossville to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<4> 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Mossville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Mossville 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. |
| <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 Mossville 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 Mossville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2721, Longitude: -76.2788 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.253 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.088 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.424 degrees. |
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