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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 Chestnut Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chestnut Grove 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 Chestnut Grove:
    • 41.185361, -76.584118
    • 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 Chestnut Grove
  • 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 Chestnut Grove ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Chestnut Grove.

There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Chestnut Grove.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Chestnut Grove [Bucks County].
    • Clearfield County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Clearfield County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the west of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Indiana County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Indiana County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Chestnut Grove.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Coffee County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Kent County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Georgia
      • Hancock 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 Georgia community of Chestnut Grove [Hancock County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bath County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Shelby County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Shelby County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Frederick County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Washington County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Washington County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • North Carolina
      • Alleghany County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Alleghany County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Stokes County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Stokes County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km] to the south southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stokes County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Gallia County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Tennessee
      • Grundy County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Grundy County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Hancock County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Hancock County and lies 476 miles [766 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Perry County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Perry County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Robertson County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Robertson County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Stewart County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Stewart County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Sumner County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Sumner County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km] to the west southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Union County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Union County and lies 512 miles [824 km] to the southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Chestnut Grove.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Albemarle County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Buckingham County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Buckingham County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km] to the south southwest of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Chestnut Grove.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Chestnut Grove is located in Lancaster County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the south of the Chestnut Grove that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Chestnut Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chestnut Grove ...

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.

  • Beaver Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
    • Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
  • Biggerstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
    • Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
  • Clarkstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
    • Clarkstown is located in Lycoming County
  • Exchange
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
    • Exchange is located in Montour County
  • Frenchtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Frenchtown is located in Lycoming County
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood is located in Columbia County
  • Pine Summit
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Summit
    • Pine Summit is located in Columbia County
  • Polkville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polkville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
    • Polkville is located in Columbia County
  • Strawberry Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Ridge
    • Strawberry Ridge is located in Montour County
  • Unityville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Chestnut Grove 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 Chestnut Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Chestnut Grove to Williamsport, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,782 miles [9,305.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,371 miles [7,034.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chestnut Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lycoming County: www.lyco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

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 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 Chestnut Grove 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chestnut Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chestnut Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1854, Longitude: -76.5841       In this case, the coordinates for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Chestnut Grove, 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 Chestnut Grove 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 307.446 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.293 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.598 degrees.




 

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