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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 Nesquehoning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nesquehoning 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 Nesquehoning:
- 40.864669, -75.811145
- 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 Nesquehoning
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Nesquehoning is near Schuylkill County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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 Nesquehoning
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nesquehoning ...
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.
- Beaver Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coaldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Tavern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Tavern is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Tavern
- Germans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoppers Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoppers Mill is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers Mill
- Indian Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jamestown is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jim Thorpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Junedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Junedale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junedale
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Long Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Long Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Normal Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Normal Square is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Square
- Rockport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockport is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Summit Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Union Hill is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Weather
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weather is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weather
How Far From Nesquehoning 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 Nesquehoning to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nesquehoning and extending to:
- Jim Thorpe, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Nesquehoning to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 150 miles [241.4 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 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,763 miles [9,274.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 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' (or 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- Nesquehoning) 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 Nesquehoning 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 Nesquehoning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8647, Longitude: -75.8111 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.007 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.746 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.389 degrees. |
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