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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 Stony Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Stony Creek:
    • 40.581481, -76.061882
    • 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 Stony Creek
  • 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 Stony Creek ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Stony Creek.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Stony Creek.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Carbon 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 Stony Creek [Carbon County].
    • Somerset 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 Stony Creek [Somerset County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Stony Creek is located in New Haven County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Stony Creek.
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Stony Creek is located in LaGrange County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the west of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Stony Creek.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Monroe County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Stony Creek.
      • Oakland County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Oakland County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the west northwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Stony Creek.
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County and lies 407 miles [655 km] to the west northwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Stony Creek.
    • New York
      • Warren County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Warren County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stony Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Caswell County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Caswell County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Stony Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter 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 Tennessee community of Stony Creek [Carter County].
    • Virginia
      • Sussex County
      • This Stony Creek is located in Sussex County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Schuylkill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Stony Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Creek ...

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.

  • Deer Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
    • Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
  • Five Locks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Locks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Locks
    • Five Locks is located in Berks County
  • Frisbie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisbie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
    • Frisbie is located in Schuylkill County
  • Landingville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landingville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville
    • Landingville is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Mechanicsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • New Philadelphia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Pottsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Shoemakersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoemakersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakersville
    • Shoemakersville is located in Berks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shoemakersville <4>
  • Summit Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
    • Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
  • Virginville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginville
    • Virginville is located in Berks County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginville <4>
  • Willow Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
    • Willow Lake is located in Schuylkill County

How Far From Stony Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stony Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stony Creek and extending to:

  • Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stony Creek to Pottsville, with an average speed<5> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 127 miles [204.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,786 miles [9,311.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,371 miles [7,034.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stony Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Schuylkill County: www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Stony Creek 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stony Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stony Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5815, Longitude: -76.0619       In this case, the coordinates for Stony Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<6>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 Stony Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.183 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.90 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.619 degrees.




 

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