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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 Fritz, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fritz 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 Fritz:
- 41.142026, -76.895242
- 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 Fritz
- 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 Lycoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lycoming County
- Since Fritz is near Union County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Fritz
Communities Also Named Fritz ...
We found five communities that are also named Fritz.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Fritz.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Union 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 Fritz [Union County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crittenden 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 Arkansas community of Fritz [Crittenden County].
- Greene County
- This Fritz is located in Greene County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fritz that is located in Lycoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Fritz.
- Kentucky
- Magoffin County
- This Fritz is located in Magoffin County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fritz that is located in Lycoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Fritz.
- Whitley 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 Kentucky community of Fritz [Whitley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fritz ...
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.
- Delaware Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Delaware Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Run
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- French Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- French Settlement is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Settlement
- Loyalsock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Loyalsock is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalsock
- Maple Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Old Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Furnace is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Furnace
- Spring Garden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Garden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Springtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Turbotville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warrior Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Warrior Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
How Far From Fritz 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 Fritz to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Fritz once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fritz and extending to:
- Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fritz to Williamsport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the south (S). 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 155 miles [249.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 Fritz 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 '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- Fritz) 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> | 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 Fritz, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fritz 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 Fritz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1420, Longitude: -76.8952 In this case, the coordinates for Fritz have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.639 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.505 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.756 degrees. |
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