Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in West Nicholson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Nicholson and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for West Nicholson

• 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 Nicholson:
  • 41.637855, -75.864640
  • 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 West Nicholson

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
  • Since West Nicholson is near Susquehanna County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 West Nicholson

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Nicholson ...

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 south)
  • Carpenter Hollow is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Hollow
• Deckertown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Deckertown is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
• Factoryville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Factoryville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,183 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Factoryville <1>
• Factoryville Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Factoryville Station is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville Station
• Hop Bottom
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hop Bottom is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hop Bottom
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hop Bottom <1>
• Kaiserville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kaiserville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiserville
• Lemon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lemon is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
• Lindaville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lindaville is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindaville
• Lynn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynn is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
• Marcy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Marcy is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
• Starkville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Starkville is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
• Woodhouse
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodhouse is located in Susquehanna County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhouse

How Far From West Nicholson 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 include the distance from a community such as West Nicholson to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Nicholson and extending to:

• Tunkhannock, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from West Nicholson 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 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 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,323 miles [6,957.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'