Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in White Haven Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Haven Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Haven Center

• 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 White Haven Center:
  • 41.062584, -75.795472
  • 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 White Haven Center

• 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 White Haven Center is near Carbon County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 White Haven Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Haven Center ...

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.

• Foundryville ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Foundryville is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
• Freeland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeland is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,413 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeland <1>
• Hickory Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Hickory Run ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Run is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Run
• Leonardsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leonardsville is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsville
• Leslie Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
• Moosehead
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Moosehead is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehead
• Mud Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mud Run is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
• Pond Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pond Creek is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
• Rockport
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rockport is located in Carbon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
• Sandy Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Run is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
• Tannery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tannery is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
• Woodside
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodside is located in Luzerne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From White Haven Center 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 White Haven Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from White Haven Center to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'