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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 Big Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Pond and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Big Pond:
    • 41.882884, -76.704953
    • 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 Big Pond
  • 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 Bradford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
    • Since Big Pond is near Chemung County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 Big Pond

Communities Also Named Big Pond ...

We found three communities that are also named Big Pond.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Big Pond is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Big Pond [Berkshire County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Big Pond lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Big Pond that is located in Bradford County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Big Pond lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Big Pond that is located in Bradford County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Pond ...

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.

  • Checkerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Checkerville is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerville
  • Covert
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmers Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmers Valley is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
  • Highland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Hornbrook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hornbrook is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbrook
  • Huffs Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Huffs Corner is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Corner
  • Jobs Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
  • Luthers Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mac
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mac is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
  • Milltown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Milltown is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Mosherville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mosherville is located in Bradford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
  • Mountain Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Overshot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Overshot is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overshot
    • Pine City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Quarry Glen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Quarry Glen is located in Bradford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Glen
    • Roseville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Roseville is located in Tioga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
    • Windfall
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

How Far From Big Pond 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 Big Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Pond and extending to:

  • Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Big Pond to Towanda, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 110 miles [177 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Big Pond 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.
<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- Big Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Big Pond 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 Big Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8829, Longitude: -76.7050    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.417 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.358 degrees.