Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Split Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Split Rock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Split Rock
- 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 Split Rock:
- 41.065086, -75.611300
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Split Rock
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Split Rock is near Monroe County and also Centre County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- eBird sighting report for Centre 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Split Rock ...
We found four communities that share the name Split Rock.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Split Rock is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Split Rock is located in Onondaga County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Split Rock that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Split Rock.
- West Virginia
- Pocahontas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Split Rock [Pocahontas County].
- Wisconsin
- Shawano County
- This Split Rock is located in Shawano County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Split Rock that is located in Carbon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Split Rock.
- Wyoming
- Natrona County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Split Rock [Natrona County].
- New York
Curious and Interesting Names Near Split Rock ...
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.
- Fernridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Forest Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forest Glen is located in Monroe County
- Hickory Run ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
- Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
- Indian Mountain Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Mountain Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mountain Lake
- Indian Mountain Lake is located in Carbon County
- Jonas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Lake Harmony
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Harmony
- Lake Harmony is located in Carbon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Harmony <4>
- Leonardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsville
- Leonardsville is located in Carbon County
- Leslie Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leslie Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Locust Lakes Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Lakes Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Long Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Long Pond is located in Monroe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Pond <4>
- Mud Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Preserve
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (5 more) ...
- Robin Hood Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robin Hood Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Lakes
- Robin Hood Lakes is located in Carbon County
- Shades Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shades Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shades Glen
- Shades Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Sun Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sun Valley is located in Monroe County
- Tannery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Robin Hood Lakes
How Far From Split Rock 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 Split Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Split Rock and extending to:
- Jim Thorpe, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Split Rock to Jim Thorpe, with an average speed<6> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Split Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncounty.com/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Split Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Split Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0651, Longitude: -75.6113 In this case, the coordinates for Split Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Split Rock could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Split Rock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.868 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.62 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.214 degrees. |