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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 Penn Haven Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penn Haven Junction 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 Penn Haven Junction:
- 40.944873, -75.746858
- 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 Penn Haven Junction
- 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 Penn Haven Junction is near Luzerne County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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 Penn Haven Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penn Haven Junction ...
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.
- Foundryville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Foundryville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Hickory Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Run ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Indian Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Jamestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jim Thorpe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leslie Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Long Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Long Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Mud Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rockport
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Sandy Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandy Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
- Summit Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tannery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tannery is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Unionville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weather
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Weather is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weather
How Far From Penn Haven Junction 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 Penn Haven Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Penn Haven Junction and extending to:
- Jim Thorpe, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Penn Haven Junction 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 156 miles [251.1 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 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Penn Haven Junction) 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 Penn Haven Junction 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 Penn Haven Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9449, Longitude: -75.7469 In this case, the coordinates for Penn Haven Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.961 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.706 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.326 degrees. |
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