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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 West Pittston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Pittston 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 West Pittston:
- 41.330600, -75.799388
- 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 Pittston
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since West Pittston is near Lackawanna County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Pittston
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Pittston ...
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.
- Barbertown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barbertown is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown
- Bush Patch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bush Patch is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Patch
- Cork Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cork Lane is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork Lane
- Dickville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickville
- Fox Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Happy Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Hillside Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hillside Junction is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Junction
- Hughestown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hughestown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Inkerman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Inkerman is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Keystone is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Miners Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Plainsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsville
- Ransom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ransom is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Spike Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spike Island is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike Island
- Starks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Starks is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From West Pittston 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 Pittston 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 Pittston and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Pittston 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 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,331 miles [6,970.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Pittston) 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 West Pittston 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 West Pittston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3306, Longitude: -75.7994 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.956 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.763 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.184 degrees. |
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