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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 Wardsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wardsburg 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 Wardsburg:
- 40.785374, -75.281568
- 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 Wardsburg
- 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- Since Wardsburg is near Warren County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Wardsburg
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wardsburg ...
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.
- Alpha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Christian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Christian Springs is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Springs
- Churchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Churchville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Factoryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Factoryville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
- Filetown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Filetown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filetown
- Flicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flicksville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flicksville
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Grand Central
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grand Central is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Central
- Jacobsburg ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jacobsburg is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Martins Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Martins Creek Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sours Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sours Mills is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sours Mills
- Wind Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Wardsburg 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 Wardsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wardsburg and extending to:
- Easton, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wardsburg to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 160 miles [257.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,329 miles [6,966.9 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Wardsburg) 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 Wardsburg 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 Wardsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7854, Longitude: -75.2816 In this case, the coordinates for Wardsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.696 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.382 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.189 degrees. |
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