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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 Carbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Carbon 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 Carbon:
- 40.696757, -76.165219
- 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 Carbon
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Port Carbon is near Luzerne County and also Columbia 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 Columbia 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 Carbon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Carbon ...
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.
- Coal Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Castle is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Castle
- Dark Water
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dark Water is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dark Water
- Lorraine
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lorraine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Marlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Marlin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
- Mechanicsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Philadelphia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pottsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Seltzer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seltzer is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltzer
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Willow Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Lake is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
How Far From Port Carbon 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 Port Carbon 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 Carbon and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Port Carbon to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,785 miles [9,310.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,371 miles [7,034.4 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Port Carbon) 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 Carbon 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 Carbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6968, Longitude: -76.1652 In this case, the coordinates for Port Carbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.235 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.977 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.616 degrees. |
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