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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 Snydersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snydersville 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 Snydersville:
- 40.958427, -75.291571
- 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 Snydersville
- 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 Snydersville is near Northampton County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Snydersville
Communities Also Named Snydersville ...
We found one communities that are also named Snydersville.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Snydersville.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Somerset County
- This Snydersville is located in Somerset County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Snydersville that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Snydersville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snydersville ...
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.
- Alpha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Effort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Foxtown Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Foxtown Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Hill
- Gravel Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
- Lower Tannersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Reeders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sandhill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Scotrun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stormville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stormville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormville
- Tannersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wind Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Snydersville 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 Snydersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snydersville and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Snydersville 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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 169 miles [272 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,323 miles [6,957.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Snydersville) 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 Snydersville 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 Snydersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9584, Longitude: -75.2916 In this case, the coordinates for Snydersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.686 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.397 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.119 degrees. |
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