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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 Shavertown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shavertown 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 Shavertown:
- 41.319803, -75.937976
- 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 Shavertown
- 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 Shavertown is near Wyoming County and also Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna 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 Shavertown
Communities Also Named Shavertown ...
We found three communities that are also named Shavertown.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Shavertown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Delaware 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 Shavertown [Delaware County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Delaware County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Shavertown.
- Virginia
- Shenandoah County
- This Shavertown is located in Shenandoah County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Shavertown that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Shavertown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shavertown ...
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.
- Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Dickville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dickville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickville
- Edwardsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fern Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fern Brook is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Brook
- Forty Fort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Gregory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gregory is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Hays Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hays Corner is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Corner
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillside is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Kunkle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kunkle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
- Larksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maplewood Heights is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Heights
- Pringle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pringle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Trucksville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Trucksville Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Trucksville Gardens is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville Gardens
How Far From Shavertown 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 Shavertown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shavertown and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Shavertown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over 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 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Shavertown 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> | 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 Shavertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Shavertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shavertown 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 Shavertown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3198, Longitude: -75.9380 In this case, the coordinates for Shavertown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.042 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.857 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.251 degrees. |
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