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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 Sybertsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sybertsville 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 Sybertsville:
- 41.001473, -76.076297
- 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 Sybertsville
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Sybertsville is near Schuylkill County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Sybertsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sybertsville ...
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.
- Cranberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Drums
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fern Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Glen Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Junction
- Green Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Gum Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Run
- Hobbie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hobbie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie
- Hollars Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollars Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollars Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Honey Hole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Hole is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hole
- Humboldt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Pardeesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pardeesville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeesville
- Rock Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Springtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Springtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Tomhicken
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Sybertsville 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 Sybertsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sybertsville and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sybertsville to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,356 miles [7,010.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Sybertsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sybertsville 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 Sybertsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0015, Longitude: -76.0763 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.155 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.934 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.448 degrees. |
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