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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 Newkirk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newkirk 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 Newkirk:
    • 40.790644, -75.992983
    • 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 Newkirk
  • 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 Newkirk is near Carbon County and also Luzerne 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 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 Newkirk

Communities Also Named Newkirk ...

We found ten communities that are also named Newkirk.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Newkirk is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Sioux County
      • This Newkirk is located in Sioux County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Newkirk that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sioux County community of Newkirk.
    • Kansas
      • Ford 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 Newkirk [Ford County].
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Dade County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Newkirk.
    • New Jersey
      • Salem 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 New Jersey community of Newkirk [Salem County].
    • New Mexico
      • Guadalupe County
      • This Newkirk is located in Guadalupe County and lies 1,582 miles [2,546 km]<1> to the west of the Newkirk that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Newkirk.
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • This Newkirk is located in Fulton County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Newkirk that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Newkirk.
      • Kings 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 New York community of Newkirk [Kings County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Newkirk is located in Butler County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west of the Newkirk that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Newkirk.
    • Oklahoma
      • Kay County
      • This Newkirk is located in Kay County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the west of the Newkirk that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Newkirk.
    • Texas
      • Hidalgo County
      • This Newkirk is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Newkirk that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Newkirk.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newkirk ...

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.

  • Chain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chain is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain
  • Coaldale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Haddock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Haddock is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
  • Hometown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
  • Hoppers Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoppers Mill is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers Mill
  • Locust Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Locust Valley is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
  • Lofty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
  • Mary-D
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Junction is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Junction
  • Still Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Still Creek is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Creek
  • Vulcan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Vulcan is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

How Far From Newkirk to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Newkirk to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newkirk and extending to:

  • Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Newkirk to Pottsville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,485 miles [10,436.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Newkirk) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Newkirk 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Newkirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Newkirk 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 Newkirk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7906, Longitude: -75.9930       In this case, the coordinates for Newkirk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.123 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.866 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.50 degrees.