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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 Rita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rita 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 Rita:
- 41.122305, -75.881308
- 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 Rita
- 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 Rita is near Carbon County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Rita
Communities Also Named Rita ...
We found five communities that are also named Rita.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Rita is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Lafourche Parish
- This Rita is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rita that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Rita.
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rita [Knox County].
- Texas
- Burleson County
- This Rita is located in Burleson County and lies 1,359 miles [2,187.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rita that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Rita.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Rita is located in Logan County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rita that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Rita.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rita ...
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.
- Forest Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Gracedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gracedale is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracedale
- Hickory Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Honey Hole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Honey Hole is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hole
- Laurel Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moosehead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
- Mountain Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pond Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pond Creek is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
- Rippletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rippletown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippletown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rule Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rule Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Corners
- Sand Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Spring is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Springtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Stairville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stairville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairville
- Sugar Notch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
How Far From Rita 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 Rita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rita and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Rita to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 165 miles [265.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,343 miles [6,989.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rita) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rita 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rita 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 Rita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1223, Longitude: -75.8813 In this case, the coordinates for Rita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.026 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.808 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.31 degrees. |
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