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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 Tannersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tannersville 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 Tannersville:
    • 41.040092, -75.305739
    • 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 Tannersville
  • 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 Tannersville ...

We found four communities that share the name Tannersville.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Tannersville is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Jennings County
      • This Tannersville is located in Jennings County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the west of the Tannersville that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jennings County community of Tannersville.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Tannersville is located in Greene County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Tannersville that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Tannersville.
    • 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 Tannersville.
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Tannersville is located in Tazewell County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tannersville that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Tannersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tannersville ...

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.

  • Crescent Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
    • Crescent Lake is located in Monroe County
  • Emerald Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Lakes
    • Emerald Lakes is located in Monroe County
  • Gravel Place
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
    • Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
  • Henryville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henryville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryville
    • Henryville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henryville <4>
  • Little Summit
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
    • Little Summit is located in Monroe County
  • Lower Tannersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Tannersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
    • Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
  • Paradise Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Crossing
    • Paradise Crossing is located in Monroe County
  • Paradise Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
    • Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
  • Reeders
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandhill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
    • Sandhill is located in Monroe County
  • Scotrun
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotrun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotrun
    • Scotrun is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotrun <4>
  • Stormville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stormville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stormville
    • Stormville is located in Monroe County
  • Swiftwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiftwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftwater
    • Swiftwater is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swiftwater <4>

How Far From Tannersville 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 Tannersville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tannersville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 173 miles [278.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,735 miles [9,229.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,321 miles [6,954 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.pa.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tannersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tannersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0401, Longitude: -75.3057       In this case, the coordinates for Tannersville 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 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 Tannersville 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>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 Tannersville 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 306.686 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.411 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.089 degrees.




 

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