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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 Ski Haven Lake Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ski Haven Lake Estates 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates:
- 41.093424, -75.307405
- 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates
- 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates is near Pike County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ski Haven Lake Estates ...
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.
- Crescent Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crescent Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
- Emerald Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Emerald Lakes is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lakes
- Henryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Summit is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
- Lower Tannersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
- Mountainhome
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mushroom Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mushroom Farms is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mushroom Farms
- Paradise Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Crossing is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Crossing
- Paradise Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Reeders
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scotrun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Swiftwater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tannersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Ski Haven Lake Estates 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ski Haven Lake Estates and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ski Haven Lake Estates 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 99 miles [159.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,319 miles [6,950.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ski Haven Lake Estates) 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates 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 Ski Haven Lake Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0934, Longitude: -75.3074 In this case, the coordinates for Ski Haven Lake Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.682 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.067 degrees. |
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