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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 Zenners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zenners 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 Zenners:
- 40.753146, -75.957148
- 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 Zenners
- 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 Zenners is near Carbon County and also Berks 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 Berks 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 Zenners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zenners ...
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.
- Chain
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain
- Coaldale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Frisbie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frisbie is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
- Hometown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Hoppers Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoppers Mill is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoppers Mill
- Locust Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Lofty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Mary-D
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Philadelphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Normal Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Normal Square is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal Square
- Pine Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Junction
- Quaker City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker City is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Slateville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slateville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateville
- Still Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Still Creek is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Creek
- Vulcan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vulcan is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
How Far From Zenners 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 Zenners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Zenners and extending to:
- Pottsville, which is the Seat of Schuylkill County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Zenners to Pottsville, 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 58 miles [93.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zenners) 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 Zenners 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 Zenners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7531, Longitude: -75.9571 In this case, the coordinates for Zenners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.105 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.839 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.50 degrees. |
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