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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 Uswick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Uswick 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 Uswick:
- 41.451216, -75.247667
- 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 Uswick
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Uswick is near Pike County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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 Uswick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Uswick ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
- Gravity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gravity is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravity
- Indian Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Indian Orchard is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Lake Ariel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ledgedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Little Chapel is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chapel
- Pink
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pink is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Tanglewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Uswick 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 Uswick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Uswick and extending to:
- Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Uswick to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 199 miles [320.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,716 miles [9,199 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,303 miles [6,925 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Uswick) 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 Uswick 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 Uswick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4512, Longitude: -75.2477 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.391 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.884 degrees. |
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