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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 Tafton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tafton 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 Tafton:
- 41.404798, -75.183211
- 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 Tafton
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Tafton is near Wayne County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Tafton
Communities Also Named Tafton ...
We found two communities that are also named Tafton.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Tafton is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Tafton is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tafton that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Tafton.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Tafton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tafton ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fawn Lake Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fawn Lake Forest is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Lake Forest
- Greentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock Farms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock Farms is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Farms
- Hemlock Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock Grove is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Grove
- Indian Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Orchard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ledgedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Little Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Little Chapel is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chapel
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lords Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pecks Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pecks Pond is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Pond
- Pink
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pink is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Promised Land
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Promised Land is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Sky View Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sky View Lake is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View Lake
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Tafton 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 Tafton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tafton and extending to:
- Milford, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tafton to Milford, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 117 miles [188.3 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 198 miles [318.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tafton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Tafton 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Tafton 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 Tafton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4048, Longitude: -75.1832 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.576 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.345 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.875 degrees. |
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