Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Rienze:
  • 41.652020, -76.336049
  • 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 Rienze

• 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
  • Since Rienze 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 Rienze

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rienze ...

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.

• Asylum
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Asylum is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
• Cherrytown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherrytown is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
• Evergreen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Kellogg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kellogg is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
• Laddsburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
• Limehill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Limehill is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limehill
• Marshview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshview is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshview
• Merryall
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Merryall is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
• New Era
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • New Era is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
• Standing Stone
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Standing Stone is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Stone
• Sugar Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Run is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Run
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Run <1>
• Terrytown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Terrytown is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown

How Far From Rienze 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 Rienze to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rienze to Towanda, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 98 miles [157.7 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'