Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Cherry Flats, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Flats and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cherry Flats

• 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 Cherry Flats:
  • 41.731771, -77.175289
  • 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 Cherry Flats

• 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
  • Since Cherry Flats is near Lycoming County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Cherry Flats

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Flats ...

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.

• Crooked Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
• Hartsfield
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Hartsfield is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsfield
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hartsfield
  • From Cherry Flats to Hartsfield
• Heise Run
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Heise Run is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise Run
• Kellytown
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kellytown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
• Lambs Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lambs Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
• Mainesburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mainesburg is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mainesburg
  • From Cherry Flats to Mainesburg
• Maple Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Maple Hill is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
• Painter Run
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Painter Run is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
• Paisley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Paisley is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
• Roundtop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Roundtop is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
• Stokesdale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stokesdale is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesdale
• Stony Fork
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Stony Fork is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork

How Far From Cherry Flats 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 Cherry Flats to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cherry Flats and extending to:

• Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the West.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Flats to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,783 miles [9,306.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,376 miles [7,042.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'