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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 Wyoming, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Wyoming 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 Wyoming:
- 41.316469, -75.850473
- 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 Wyoming
- 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Wyoming ...
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.
- Cork Lane
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cork Lane is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork Lane
- Dickville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dickville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickville
- Edwardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fern Brook is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Brook
- Forty Fort
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forty Fort is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,025 people
- Fox Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Happy Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Hillside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hughestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] 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 southeast)
- Inkerman is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Maplewood Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maplewood Heights is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Heights
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Miners Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miners Mills is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Mills
- Parsons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Parsons is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Plainsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Plainsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainsville
- Pringle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pringle is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
- Shavertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trucksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trucksville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville
- Trucksville Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Trucksville Gardens is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trucksville Gardens
- Wyoming
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From West Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from West Wyoming 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 5 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 178 miles [286.5 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 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,334 miles [6,974.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Wyoming) 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3165, Longitude: -75.8505 In this case, the coordinates for West Wyoming have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.989 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.797 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.213 degrees. |
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