Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Granville Summit:
  • 41.717853, -76.779122
  • 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 Granville Summit

• 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 Granville Summit is near Lycoming County and also Tioga 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 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 Granville Summit

Curious and Interesting Names Near Granville Summit ...

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.

• Carbon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Carbon is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
• Cold Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cold Spring is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Covert
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Covert is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
• Farmers Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Farmers Valley is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
• Grover
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Grover is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
• Leroy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Leroy is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
• Long Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Long Valley is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
• Luthers Mills
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Luthers Mills is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luthers Mills
• Mac
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mac is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
• Maple Summit
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Maple Summit is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Summit
• Minerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Minerville is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerville
• Mountain Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Lake is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
• Union Center
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Center is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
• Windfall
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Windfall is located in Bradford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

How Far From Granville Summit 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 Granville Summit to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Towanda, which is the Seat of Bradford County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Granville Summit to Towanda, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 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 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'