Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rileyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rileyville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rileyville
- 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 Rileyville:
- 41.715644, -75.229341
- 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 Rileyville
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Rileyville is near Sullivan County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Rileyville ...
We found five communities that share the name Rileyville.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Rileyville is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Saline 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 Illinois community of Rileyville [Saline County].
- Williamson County
- This Rileyville is located in Williamson County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Rileyville that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Rileyville.
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- This Rileyville is located in Harlan County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Rileyville that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Rileyville.
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- This Rileyville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Rileyville that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Rileyville.
- Virginia
- Page County
- This Rileyville is located in Page County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Rileyville that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Rileyville.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rileyville ...
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.
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Bethany is located in Wayne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <4>
- Cascade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Wayne County
- Damascus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Damascus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Damascus <4>
- Fallsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - High Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Hilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Pine Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Priceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Priceville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Priceville is located in Wayne County
- Tanners Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanners Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Falls
- Tanners Falls is located in Wayne County
How Far From Rileyville 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 Rileyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rileyville and extending to:
- Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Rileyville to Honesdale, with an average speed<5> 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 131 miles [210.8 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,292 miles [6,907.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rileyville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Rileyville 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 '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- Rileyville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rileyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7156, Longitude: -75.2293 In this case, the coordinates for Rileyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rileyville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.572 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.39 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.758 degrees. |