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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 Shawnee-on-Delaware, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shawnee-on-Delaware 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 Shawnee-on-Delaware:
- 41.012317, -75.110733
- 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 Shawnee-on-Delaware
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Shawnee-on-Delaware is near Warren County and also Northampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Shawnee-on-Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shawnee-on-Delaware ...
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.
- Craigs Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Craigs Meadow is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Meadow
- Delaware Water Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Echo Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Foxtown Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foxtown Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Hill
- Gravel Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
- Hemlock Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock Glen is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Glen
- Marshalls Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Polkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Polkville is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Poplar Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Poplar Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bridge
- Slateford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slateford is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
- Turn Villa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Turn Villa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Villa
- Vail
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Vail is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
- Walnut Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Valley is located in Warren County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Valley
How Far From Shawnee-on-Delaware to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shawnee-on-Delaware to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shawnee-on-Delaware and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Shawnee-on-Delaware to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 178 miles [286.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,313 miles [6,941.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Shawnee-on-Delaware) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Shawnee-on-Delaware 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 Shawnee-on-Delaware. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0123, Longitude: -75.1107 In this case, the coordinates for Shawnee-on-Delaware have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.572 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.277 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.015 degrees. |
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