Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wilbur, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilbur and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wilbur
- 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 Wilbur:
- 40.560931, -75.473516
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wilbur
- 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 Lehigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lehigh County
- Since Wilbur is near Northampton County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- eBird sighting report for Bucks 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wilbur ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Wilbur.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Wilbur.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- New York
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Douglas County
- This Wilbur is located in Douglas County and lies 2,432 miles [3,913.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilbur that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Wilbur.
- Umatilla County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wilbur [Umatilla County].
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wilbur [Logan County].
- Tyler County
- This Wilbur is located in Tyler County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wilbur that is located in Lehigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Wilbur.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilbur ...
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.
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Lehigh County
- Chestnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Lehigh County
- Crackersport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crackersport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crackersport
- Crackersport is located in Lehigh County
- Dillingerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville
- Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County
- Dillingerville has also been known as:
- Dillinger
- Dillingers Ville
- Dillingers
- Dillingersville
- Stahlers
- Evergreen Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Evergreen Park is located in Lehigh County
- Fountain Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
- Fountain Hill is located in Lehigh County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,713 people
- Hilltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Juniper Circle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Circle
- Juniper Circle is located in Lehigh County
- Krocksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krocksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krocksville
- Krocksville is located in Lehigh County
- Limeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport
- Limeport is located in Lehigh County
- Locust Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Locust Valley is located in Lehigh County
- Minesite
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mountainville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Mountainville is located in Lehigh County
- Overlook Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overlook Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Springs
- Overlook Springs is located in Lehigh County
- Star Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village
- Star Village is located in Northampton County
- Summit Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lawn
- Summit Lawn is located in Lehigh County
- University Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Lehigh County
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Zionsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionsville
- Zionsville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zionsville <5>
- Mountainville
How Far From Wilbur to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wilbur to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilbur and extending to:
- Allentown, which is the Seat of Lehigh County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wilbur to Harrisburg, with an average speed<6>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 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilbur. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lehigh County: www.lehighcounty.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wilbur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilbur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5609, Longitude: -75.4735 In this case, the coordinates for Wilbur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Wilbur could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilbur, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wilbur to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.832 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.50 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.37 degrees. |