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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 Neola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neola 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 Neola:
- 40.958981, -75.340183
- 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 Neola
- 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 Neola is near Northampton County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Neola
Communities Also Named Neola ...
We found six communities that are also named Neola.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Neola is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Pottawattamie County
- This Neola is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Neola.
- Kansas
- Labette 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 Kansas community of Neola [Labette County].
- Stafford County
- This Neola is located in Stafford County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Neola.
- Missouri
- Dade County
- This Neola is located in Dade County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Neola.
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- This Neola is located in Duchesne County and lies 1,804 miles [2,903.3 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Neola.
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Neola is located in Greenbrier County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Neola that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Neola.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neola ...
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.
- Alpha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Castle Garden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Castle Garden is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
- Effort
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Tannersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Pleasant View Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Lake
- Reeders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandhill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sandhill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Scotrun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stormville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stormville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormville
- Sun Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Tannersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Neola 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 Neola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Neola and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Neola 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 most of three 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 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- 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).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Neola) 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 Neola 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 Neola 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 Neola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9590, Longitude: -75.3402 In this case, the coordinates for Neola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.715 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.43 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.14 degrees. |
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