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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 Weston Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weston Place 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 Weston Place:
- 40.823977, -76.217441
- 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 Weston Place
- 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 Schuylkill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Weston Place is near Columbia County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Weston Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weston Place ...
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.
- Bear Run Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Run Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Run Junction
- Boston Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boston Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Run
- Craigs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Craigs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Ellen Gowan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ellen Gowan is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Gowan
- Frackville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Frackville Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Frackville Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frackville Junction
- Hills Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hills Terrace is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Terrace
- Krebs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lost Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Maizeville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maizeville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maizeville
- Maple Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Raven Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Raven Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Ringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Turkey Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Turkey Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Run
How Far From Weston Place 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 Weston Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Weston Place and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Weston Place to Pottsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,782 miles [9,305.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,369 miles [7,031.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Weston Place) 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 Weston Place 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 Weston Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8240, Longitude: -76.2174 In this case, the coordinates for Weston Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.256 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.021 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.586 degrees. |
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