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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 Mountain Top Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Top Estates 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 Mountain Top Estates:
- 41.099261, -75.057675
- 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 Mountain Top Estates
- 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 Mountain Top Estates is near Pike County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Mountain Top Estates
Communities Also Named Mountain Top Estates ...
We found one communities that are also named Mountain Top Estates.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Mountain Top Estates is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Mountain Top Estates in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Mountain Top Estates is located in Montgomery County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mountain Top Estates that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mountain Top Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Top Estates ...
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.
- Bushkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Echo Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Echo Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Flatbrookville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Flatbrookville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrookville
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Poplar Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bridge
- Sandyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sandyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Saw Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saw Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Creek
- Shoemakers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Turn Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Turn Villa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Villa
How Far From Mountain Top Estates 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 Mountain Top Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountain Top Estates and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Top Estates to Stroudsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 184 miles [296.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Mountain Top Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mountain Top Estates 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 Mountain Top Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0993, Longitude: -75.0577 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Top Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.531 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.245 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.954 degrees. |
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