Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Spencers Corners:
  • 41.604803, -75.566297
  • 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 Spencers Corners

• 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
  • Since Spencers Corners is near Susquehanna County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Spencers Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spencers Corners ...

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.

• Birchtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Birchtown is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchtown
• Carbondale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Carbondale is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,380 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carbondale <1>
• Carpenter Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Town
• Childs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Childs is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
• Craig
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Craig is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
• Elkdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Elkdale is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkdale
• Fleetville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Fleetville is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetville
• Forest City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest City is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,721 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <1>
• Forest City Station
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
• Green Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
• Marshbrook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marshbrook is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshbrook
• Nebraska
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Nebraska is located in Lackawanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
• Royal
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Royal is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal

How Far From Spencers Corners 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 Spencers Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spencers Corners to Scranton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 202 miles [325.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 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 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,311 miles [6,937.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'