Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yatesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yatesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yatesville
- 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 Yatesville:
- 40.825088, -76.171327
- 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 Yatesville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Schuylkill County
- Since Yatesville is near Columbia County and also Luzerne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Yatesville ...
We found nine communities that share the name Yatesville.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Yatesville.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Luzerne County
- This Yatesville is located in Luzerne County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Yatesville.
- Luzerne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- This Yatesville is located in Talladega County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Yatesville.
- Georgia
- Upson County
- This Yatesville is located in Upson County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Yatesville.
- Illinois
- Morgan County
- This Yatesville is located in Morgan County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the west of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Yatesville.
- Kentucky
- Lawrence County
- This Yatesville is located in Lawrence County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Yatesville.
- New York
- Yates County
- This Yatesville is located in Yates County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Yatesville.
- North Carolina
- Beaufort 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 North Carolina community of Yatesville [Beaufort County].
- Ohio
- Fayette County
- This Yatesville is located in Fayette County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the west of the Yatesville that is located in Schuylkill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Yatesville.
- Virginia
- Lunenburg County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Yatesville [Lunenburg County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yatesville ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Run Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Run Junction
- Bear Run Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Boston Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Run
- Boston Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Craigs
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Ellen Gowan
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellen Gowan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen Gowan
- Ellen Gowan is located in Schuylkill County
- Hills Terrace
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Terrace
- Hills Terrace is located in Schuylkill County
- Krebs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Maizeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maizeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maizeville
- Maizeville is located in Schuylkill County
- Maple Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Maple Hill is located in Schuylkill County
- Ringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringtown
- Ringtown is located in Schuylkill County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringtown <5>
- Shoemakers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoemakers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Shoemakers is located in Schuylkill County
- Turkey Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Run
- Turkey Run is located in Schuylkill County
- Vulcan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Yatesville 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 Yatesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Yatesville and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Yatesville to Pottsville, with an average speed<6> 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 52 miles [83.7 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 140 miles [225.3 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yatesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Schuylkill County: www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yatesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yatesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8251, Longitude: -76.1713 In this case, the coordinates for Yatesville 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Yatesville 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 Yatesville, 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 Yatesville 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 307.228 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.989 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.565 degrees. |