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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 Newlin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newlin 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 Newlin:
- 40.884957, -76.384134
- 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 Newlin
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Newlin is near Northumberland County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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 Newlin
Communities Also Named Newlin ...
We found three communities that are also named Newlin.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Newlin.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Newlin [Chester County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Beauregard Parish
- This Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 1,181 miles [1,900.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Newlin that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Newlin.
- Texas
- Hall County
- This Newlin is located in Hall County and lies 1,378 miles [2,217.7 km]<2> to the west of the Newlin that is located in Columbia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Newlin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newlin ...
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.
- Alaska
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Atlas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Atlas is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
- Bear Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Valley is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Beaverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaverdale is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Big Mine Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Big Mine Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mine Run
- Diamondtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Diamondtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondtown
- Dogtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dogtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Ferndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Locust Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Summit is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Summit
- Locustdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Natalie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Queen City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Roaring Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roaring Creek is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Creek
- Slabtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Strong
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strong is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
How Far From Newlin 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 Newlin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newlin and extending to:
- Bloomsburg, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Newlin to Bloomsburg, with an average speed<4> 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,786 miles [9,311.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Newlin 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. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Newlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Newlin 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 Newlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8850, Longitude: -76.3841 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.351 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.634 degrees. |
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