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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 Starrucca, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Starrucca 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 Starrucca:
- 41.900639, -75.476013
- 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 Starrucca
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Starrucca is near Susquehanna County and also Broome 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 Broome 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 Starrucca
Communities Also Named Starrucca ...
We found one communities that are also named Starrucca.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Starrucca.
Beyond Pennsylvania.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Susquehanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Starrucca [Susquehanna County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Starrucca ...
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.
- Brushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brushville is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Burnwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Danville is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Gulf Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Lakeview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Orson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Starlight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stevens Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens Point is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
- Winterdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winterdale is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterdale
How Far From Starrucca 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 Starrucca to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Starrucca and extending to:
- Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Starrucca to Honesdale, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 133 miles [214 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,296 miles [6,913.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Starrucca 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Starrucca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Starrucca 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 Starrucca. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9006, Longitude: -75.4760 In this case, the coordinates for Starrucca have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.703 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.568 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.788 degrees. |
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