Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pond Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pond Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pond Creek
- 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 Pond Creek:
- 41.044529, -75.844919
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pond Creek
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Pond Creek is near Carbon County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pond Creek ...
We found seven communities that share the name Pond Creek.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Pond Creek is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Walton County
- This Pond Creek is located in Walton County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pond Creek that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Pond Creek.
- Kansas
- Wallace County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wallace County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallace County community of Pond Creek.
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pond Creek [Muhlenberg County].
- Rockcastle County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pond Creek [Rockcastle County].
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Pond Creek.
- Oklahoma
- Grant County
- This Pond Creek is located in Grant County and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<1> to the west of the Pond Creek that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Pond Creek.
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Pond Creek is located in Wood County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pond Creek that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Pond Creek.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pond Creek ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foundryville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Foundryville is located in Luzerne County
- Freeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Freeland is located in Luzerne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,413 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeland <5>
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Hills is located in Luzerne County
- Honey Hole
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hole
- Honey Hole is located in Luzerne County
- Japan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Leslie Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leslie Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Moosehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Pardeesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeesville
- Pardeesville is located in Luzerne County
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Sand Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Sand Spring is located in Luzerne County
- Sandy Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Tannery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pond Creek and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pond Creek to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 161 miles [259.1 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<8> 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).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pond Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Luzerne County: www.luzernecounty.org/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pond Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pond Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0445, Longitude: -75.8449 In this case, the coordinates for Pond Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Pond Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Pond Creek 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Pond Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.011 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.779 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.327 degrees. |