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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 Port Bowkley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Bowkley 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 Port Bowkley:
- 41.273039, -75.858310
- 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 Port Bowkley
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Port Bowkley is near Lackawanna County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Port Bowkley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Bowkley ...
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.
- Dickville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dickville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickville
- Edwardsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forty Fort
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fox Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Hillside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Inkerman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Inkerman is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keystone is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Larksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miners Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Parsons
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parsons is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Plainsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plainsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsville
- Pringle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Port Bowkley 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 Port Bowkley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Bowkley and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Port Bowkley 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take about 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 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,336 miles [6,978.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Bowkley) 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 Port Bowkley 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 Port Bowkley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2730, Longitude: -75.8583 In this case, the coordinates for Port Bowkley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.998 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.80 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.235 degrees. |
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