Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pleasant View Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasant View Lake and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pleasant View Lake

• 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 Pleasant View Lake:
  • 40.917592, -75.459907
  • 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 Pleasant View Lake

• 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Since Pleasant View Lake is near Carbon County and also Northampton 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 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 Pleasant View Lake

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasant View Lake ...

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.

• Castle Garden
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Castle Garden is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Garden
• Dotters Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dotters Corners is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotters Corners
• Effort
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Effort is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effort
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effort <1>
• Fiddletown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fiddletown is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddletown
• Gilbert
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gilbert is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <1>
• Indian Mountain Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Indian Mountain Lake is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mountain Lake
• Jonas
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jonas is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonas
• Jonesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jonesville is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
• Kunkletown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kunkletown is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkletown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kunkletown <1>
• Little Gap
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Gap is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Gap
• Mechanicsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
• Robin Hood Lakes
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Robin Hood Lakes is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Lakes
• Sun Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sun Valley is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley

How Far From Pleasant View Lake 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 Pleasant View Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pleasant View Lake to Stroudsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 162 miles [260.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,332 miles [6,971.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'