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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Tooley Corners.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tooley Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tooley Corners 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 Tooley Corners:
- 41.339804, -75.580188<1>
- 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 Tooley Corners
- 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 Lackawanna County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Since Tooley Corners is near Luzerne County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Tooley Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tooley Corners ...
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.
- Daleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunmore is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <2>
- Elmdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elmdale is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Fells Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fells Corners is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells Corners
- Green Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Green Ridge is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harmony Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Hills is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Hillside Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillside Junction is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Junction
- Maple Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maple Lake is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
- Marshwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marshwood is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshwood
- Moscow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Moscow is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,026 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
- Providence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Providence is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
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- Quicktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quicktown is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicktown
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Spike Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spike Island is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
- Spring Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Brook is also located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
How Far From Tooley Corners 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 included the distance from a community such as Tooley Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tooley Corners and extending to:
- Scranton, which is the Seat of Lackawanna County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Tooley Corners to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,734 miles [9,228 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,322 miles [6,955.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Tooley Corners:
Decimal: 41.33980, -75.580188
DDMMSS: 41° 20' 23", -75° 34' 48" |
| <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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tooley Corners) 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 Tooley Corners 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 Tooley Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3398, Longitude: -75.5802 In this case, the coordinates for Tooley Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.823 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.613 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.081 degrees. |
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