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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 Palmerton East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmerton East and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Palmerton East:
    • 40.805094, -75.601853
    • 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 Palmerton East
  • 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 Palmerton East is near Lehigh County and also Northampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Palmerton East

Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmerton East ...

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.

  • Apps
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Apps is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apps
  • Beltzville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Beltzville is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzville
  • Big Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Creek is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Cherryville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Christian Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Christian Corner is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Corner
  • Danielsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Emerald
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Emerald is located in Lehigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
  • Harpers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Harpers is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers
  • Hazard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hazard is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Indianland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indianland is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianland
  • Jonesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesville is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Little Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Gap is located in Carbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lizard Creek Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lockport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Lockport is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
    • River View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • River View is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
    • Slate Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Slate Valley is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
    • Sunny Rest Lodge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunny Rest Lodge is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Rest Lodge
    • Trout Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Trout Creek is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek

How Far From Palmerton East 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 Palmerton East to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Palmerton East and extending to:

  • Jim Thorpe, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Palmerton East to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 5 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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving 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 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,343 miles [6,989.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Palmerton East) 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 Palmerton East 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 Palmerton East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8051, Longitude: -75.6019       In this case, the coordinates for Palmerton East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.887 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.60 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.322 degrees.