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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 Shoemakers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shoemakers 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 Shoemakers:
- 41.078111, -75.027793
- 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 Shoemakers
- 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 Shoemakers is near Warren County and also Pike 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 Pike 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 Shoemakers
Communities Also Named Shoemakers ...
We found one communities that are also named Shoemakers.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Shoemakers.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Schuylkill County
- This Shoemakers is located in Schuylkill County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Shoemakers that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Shoemakers.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shoemakers ...
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.
- Bushkill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Echo Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Echo Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Egypt Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flatbrookville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flatbrookville is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrookville
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Marshalls Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Poplar Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bridge
- Sandyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sandyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Saw Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saw Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Creek
- Turn Villa
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Turn Villa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Villa
How Far From Shoemakers 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 Shoemakers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shoemakers and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shoemakers to Stroudsburg, with an average speed<3> 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 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 184 miles [296.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,307 miles [6,931.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shoemakers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Shoemakers 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 Shoemakers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0781, Longitude: -75.0278 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.515 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.224 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.95 degrees. |
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