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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 Ellwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellwell 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 Ellwell:
- 41.575075, -76.263546
- 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 Ellwell
- 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 Ellwell is near Sullivan County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Ellwell
Communities Also Named Ellwell ...
We found one communities that are also named Ellwell.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Ellwell is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Ellwell in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Gratiot 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 Michigan community of Ellwell [Gratiot County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellwell ...
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.
- Cherrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Jenningsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jenningsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenningsville
- Laceyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laddsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Merryall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Merryall is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryall
- Mildred
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Rocky Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Forest is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forest
- Skinners Eddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Sugar Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Terrytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Terrytown is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrytown
How Far From Ellwell 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 Ellwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ellwell and extending to:
- Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ellwell 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 189 miles [304.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 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 Ellwell 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ellwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ellwell 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 Ellwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5751, Longitude: -76.2635 In this case, the coordinates for Ellwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.216 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.095 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.288 degrees. |
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