Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Sheatown:
  • 41.193416, -76.014646
  • 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 Sheatown

• 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 Sheatown is near Columbia County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Sheatown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sheatown ...

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.

• Buttonwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Buttonwood is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
• Curry Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Curry Hill is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Hill
• Dundee
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Dundee is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
• Hughs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hughs is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
• Lee
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lee is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
• Lee Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee Park is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
• Plymouth
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Plymouth is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <1>
• Rule Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rule Corners is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule Corners
• Stairville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Stairville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairville
• Sugar Notch
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
• Warrior Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • 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 Sheatown 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 Sheatown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Sheatown 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 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 167 miles [268.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'