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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 Ricketts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ricketts 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 Ricketts:
- 41.390564, -76.277976
- 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 Ricketts
- 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 Ricketts is near Wyoming County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Ricketts
Communities Also Named Ricketts ...
We found two communities that are also named Ricketts.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Ricketts.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Ricketts in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Sullivan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ricketts [Sullivan County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Crawford County
- This Ricketts is located in Crawford County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<2> to the west of the Ricketts that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Ricketts.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ricketts ...
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.
- Central
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Elk Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Fades
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fades is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fades
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Long Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Loyalville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mildred
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Murray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Red Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ripple ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ripple is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripple
- Ruggles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Sweet Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Ricketts to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ricketts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Ricketts once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ricketts and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ricketts to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 176 miles [283.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Ricketts 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ricketts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Ricketts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Ricketts 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 Ricketts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3906, Longitude: -76.2780 In this case, the coordinates for Ricketts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.242 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.095 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.373 degrees. |
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