Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Falls and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Falls
- 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 West Falls:
- 41.460633, -75.856307
- 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 West Falls
- 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Since West Falls is near Lackawanna County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- eBird sighting report for Luzerne 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named West Falls ...
We found three communities that share the name West Falls.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named West Falls.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Philadelphia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West Falls [Philadelphia County].
- Philadelphia County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of West Falls [Frederick County].
- New York
- Erie County
- This West Falls is located in Erie County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the West Falls that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of West Falls.
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Falls ...
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.
- Carpenter Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenter Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hollow
- Carpenter Hollow is located in Wyoming County
- Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Jenks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Lockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Milwaukee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Luzerne County
- Ransom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Schultzville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schultzville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Schultzville is located in Lackawanna County
How Far From West Falls 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 West Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Falls and extending to:
- Tunkhannock, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Falls 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 187 miles [300.9 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 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- 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).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 West Falls 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- West Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4606, Longitude: -75.8563 In this case, the coordinates for West Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 West Falls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.979 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.808 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.153 degrees. |